By Bisola Adeyemo
As part of government’s commitment to the provision of potable water, no fewer than five million Ghanaians will benefit from portable water by the year 2024.
Hon Cecilia Abena Dapaah, the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources (MSWR), said this on Tuesday while speaking to newsmen at the Executive Breakfast Conversation organized by World Vision Ghana in collaboration with (MSWR), themed: ”Unlocking Ghana’s Safe Drinking Water and Environmental Sanitation Puzzle’’.
Dapaah assured Ghanaians by citing an improvement in the previous reports which encouraged improvement in the country’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector.
She also disclosed that the government has invested over one billion dollars into the water sector to ensure portable water is sufficient and available in both urban and rural settlements.
The issue of safe drinking water and environmental sanitation were top priorities in government development strategy and we believe the provision of safe water and improved sanitation is fundamental to maternal and child health, poverty reduction, quality education and socio-economic well-being.
”Indeed all strategies for growth and sustainable development must put the need for safe water and improved sanitation first on the list,” she said.