Buipe marked to benefit from an in land port- Says Woyongo

Mr Woyongo, Chairman of the Tripartite Meeting

(Left) Prefect of Tone in Togo and (Middle) Governor of Tenkodogo

Some participants at the 2nd  Transboundary Meeting 

26/8/12      

In the near distance future, government through the Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) will see to the construction of an in land port at Buipe in the Northern Region. The successful execution of the said project using the Volta Lake will facilitate the transportation of goods and services from the Southern part of the country to the north. It will equally ensure the smooth movement of transit goods from the country to neighbouring Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. The Upper East Regional Minister, Mark Owen Woyongo gave the hint at the just ended Transboundary General Meeting of the White Volta basin at Tenkodogo in Burkina Faso. The 3-day encounter involving Ghana, Togo and Burkina Faso was among other interventions aimed at reviewing the progress made over the past 2 phases of PAGEV’s implementation of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM). Mr. Woyongo who chaired the function said SADA was committed to bridging the yawning gap between the north and the south using the available water resources, particularly the White Volta basin. He however, re-echoed the essence of the intended land port project at Buipe, indicating that its completion will help alleviate and transform the lives of most Ghanaians as it hopes to facilitate the transportation of goods and services from Ghana to land log Saharan countries in addition to government’s proposed construction of railway lines from the southern sector of the country to Paga.. The Chief Executive Officer of SADA, Alhaji Gilbert Iddi who confirmed the proposed project to Radio Ghana said the his secretariat in its quest to addressing the issue of transport cost will not relent in its effort to  ensuring that the project comes to fruition. To this end, the SADA secretariat is in the process of engaging technical experts to conduct feasibility studies to catapult the realization of the project since it has technical implications. When this is done, SADA will then make the necessary move to facilitate its speedy construction. Alhaji Iddi was of the firm conviction that the project upon its completion was on its way to alleviating the suffering of farmers and traders, especially those in the three regions of the north.

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