The project would have an average of five communities each across the entire 11 districts in the Region connected to the national electricity grid, Mr Andrew Bafour, Coordinator of the Ghana Energy Development and Access Project (GEDAP), said in Wa.
He said the project had started with urgency and that all the necessary materials needed for the implementation of the project had been provided to the contractors.
“Contractors are on site and are executing the project in the communities progressively”, he said.
Alhaji Amidu Sulemana, Upper West Regional Minister, said despite the erratic power challenges, many communities in the Region have been provided with electricity.
He said the SHEP 5 Project would cater for some of the remaining communities that had not been provided with electricity
He said efforts would also be made to address challenges associated with the SHEP 4 Project to ensure that all communities in the Region were fully covered with adequate electricity.
Alhaji Sulemana said government’s aim is to improve cottage industry through the provision of electricity to enhance the socioeconomic livelihoods of rural people.
Source: GNA/News Ghana
