The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah has said Ghana’s water supply coverage under the current administration of President Akufo-Addo has seen remarkable improvement.
According to her, as evidenced by the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) Report, government in the last five years has improved Ghana’s water supply coverage particularly in the urban and rural water supply subsectors to 96.4% and 74.4% respectively to meet the growing industrial and household water demands in the country.
Mrs. Dapaah disclosed these in Accra on Monday, during the Minister’s Press Briefing, a press engagement platform put together by the Ministry of Information to provide regular updates on government policies and programmes.
“Water delivery has seen a remarkable improvement over the past five years. This is evidenced by the 2021 PHC Report released by the Ghana Statistical Services in February 2022, which puts the percentage of households with access to basic drinking water services nation-wide at 87.7%. According to the PHC Report, Urban population with access to basic water supply services is 96.4% and 74.4% in the Rural areas,” she said.
Mrs. Dapaah said these figures reflect the massive investments by government in the water sector, which is geared towards bringing improved water services to the doorsteps of the Ghanaian people.
She said the interventions by government in the sector are expected to add over 4.3 million beneficiaries to the national water supply chain massively improving the country’s access to water.
Despite this improvement, the Minister said considerable efforts are still required in the sector to make sure Ghana has a universal access to water. This she announced that plans are far advanced to provide each region with at least one Water Supply Project under government’s “Water for All” agenda.
Providing details, the Minister said 8 major water supply projects across the country are at various stages of implementation.
This, she said, includes the Upper East Water Supply Project, Yendi Water Supply Project, Tamale Water Supply Project, Damongo Water Supply Project, Wenchi Water Supply Project, Sunyani Water Supply Project, Keta Water Supply Project, and the Sekondi-Takoradi Water Supply Project.
