GOVERNMENT SPENDS 121 MILLION DOLLARS ON RURAL ELECTRIFICATION IN UE
GOVERNMENT SPENDS 121 MILLION DOLLARS ON RURAL ELECTRIFICATION IN UE BY PETER ATOGEWE WEDAM 28 -02 - 12 ISD – BOLGATANGA The Government of Ghana is spending 121 million US Dollars on a rural electrification programme that will extend the national electricity grid to 500 communities in the Upper East region. This rural electrification programme is one of three projects that President John Evans Atta Mills promised the three Northern regions of Ghana. The Deputy Energy Minister, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini made this known at a brief ceremony held at the Upper East regional minister’s office in Bolgatanga to officially introduce the project contractor, Thengashep [Gh] PTY Limited, a South African contractor. He revealed that the project came to fruition as a result of an assessment done by the Energy Ministry on access to electricity in Ghana. In that assessment, it came to light that the Northern region, Upper East region and Upper West region had accessibility rates of 43.52...