CWSA/RCC sign agreement to provide water for deprived communities

22-02-14    

The Consultant to the Project, Emmanuel Obeng Atuah (standing)

DCE for Garu appending his signature to the contract agreement

 The Community Water and Sanitation Agency under the Ministry of Water Resources Works and Housing has signed a contractual agreement with the Upper East Regional Coordinating Coordinating Council to ensure the construction of a multi-million dollar water system for the various municipal and district assemblies of the region. The project which is said to cost 10 million dollars with an expected completion module of 8 months is intended to provide small town water supply system for thirteen communities within nine selected districts in the region. At a short ceremony held in Bolgatanga, 15 qualified contractors represented by their respective municipal and district chief executives appended their signature to the agreement for work to commence. The small town water supply system for the beneficiary communities will among other interventions ensure the provision of point sources with the construction of 250 No boreholes fitted with hand pumps. The system has been designed for a period design horizon and it is expected to serve a total projected population of 53,000 covering over 250 communities including Zorkor and Bongo Soe communities as well as Pwalugu, Duusi,  Widana and Kadema communities among others. At the signing of the agreement pact a, the Consultant to the project, Emmanuel Oware Atuah announced March 7 2014 as the date for the official commencement of the project, which he noted involve the completion of institutional latrines and pipe schemes. According to him, the various municipal and district chief executives have the oversight responsibility to spearhead the various projects within areas of their jurisdiction.   He said the execution of the project will be done on lot basis and will require the involvement of qualified engineers to ensure their successful implementation. The Upper East Regional Minister, Alhaji Limuna Mohammed Muniru who witnessed the signing of the contract agreement stressed the need for all to complement government’s effort to providing potable water to all. He used the platform to commend the contractors for sailing through the bidding and evaluation processes and tasked them to go by the tenets of the contract terms and guidelines to ensure quality delivery. Alhaji Limuna moreover cautioned them contractors against shoddy work, urging the assemblies to step up their monitoring and supervision activities.

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