Work begins on construction of warehouses in VR

By A.B.
Kafui Kanyi, GNA

Ho, Oct. 03, GNA – The Ministry of Special
Development Initiatives (MSDI) has started the construction of warehouses in
the Volta Region under the ‘one million dollar per constituency’ allocation.

The first three warehouses under construction
in Ho Central, Hohoe and Krachi East Constituencies form part of the
agriculture component of Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme
(IPEP).

Mr Kabore Awudu Moro, Public Relations Officer
of the Ministry who briefed the media in Ho said, the “the one District, one
Warehouse” project would help reduce post harvest losses among smallholder
farmers and support government’s planting for job and food initiative.

He said the 1,000 metric tonnes pre-fabricated
solar powered grain warehouses would have driers, mechanized water system and
laboratory for testing.

Mr Moro said each facility would contain about
20,000 bags of grains and expected to create some 25 direct jobs in the
constituencies and that the communities would also benefit from water and
toilet facilities under the allocation.

He said apart from the government priority
projects, the constituencies would also have community specific needs projects
such as community markets, community centres, bridges, culverts and classroom
blocks among others.

Mr Moro said similar projects were ongoing in
all the development zones to accelerate the eradication of poverty and bridge
inequalities in the country towards meeting Sustainable Development Goal one.

“Each 275 constituency has been allocated the
cedi equivalent of US$ 1million this year, to be invested in infrastructure
development for poverty alleviation,” he stated.

Mr Moro said by the end of 2018,  570 small dams and dugouts would be
constructed under ‘one village, one dam’, 50 prefabricated warehouses built
nationwide, 275 ambulances in all constituencies, 1000 institutional toilets
and 1000 community based water projects provided under government’s priority
projects.

GNA

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