The Minority in Parliament has lamented the lack of development at the Pwalugu Multipurpose Dam project in the Upper East Region despite spending $12 million on it.
During a visit to the site by the Minority members of the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament, MP for Yapei-Kusawgu John Jinapor said they would investigate and retrieve the funds.
“We will activate all the parliamentary processes to retrieve that amount of money, almost 200 million cedis, that has been dashed to this contractor. Somebody must be held accountable. $12 million can do a lot in this country.
“So we’ll use every legitimate means, every legal means to retrieve the money and punish those who have caused this financial crime and financial loss to the state,” he said.
The $993 million Pwalugu irrigation dam, which was commissioned in 2019, was scheduled to be completed this year.
The project was to include the construction of a Roller-Compacted Concrete dam with an elevation of 168 metres above sea level near the Pwalugu Bridge on the White Volta River and with a reservoir covering an area of 262 square kilometres.
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Other components include a powerhouse consisting of two Kaplan turbines with 60 megawatts of installed capacity and a solar power plant of 50 megawatts.
An irrigation scheme consisting of a 20-metre high water weir and canal network for about 25,000 hectares of land was also to be installed.
However, the Committee leadership led by the ranking member, Mr Jinapor, visited the project site only to be met with empty land with sold-out chippings and stones with no contractor in sight.