One of the contractors putting up some of the government’s One Village One Dam projects in the Bolga East District of the Upper East Region, Yakubu Ibrahim has refuted reports that he did a shoddy job at Dachieo.
His comments follow a directive by the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for the cancellation of dam constructions that fail to meet the specified standards.
According to the contractor, his job was to build dugouts and not a dam.
In an interview with Citi News, Yakubu Ibrahim says even though he has only completed two out of the four dugouts, the completed ones will serve the purpose of irrigation.
“We did not go there just to do anything. I am telling you, if you come and see the good works, you will be very disappointed with those who have complained.”
There are reports that the construction of the dams have been poor in some communities.
For example, the Upper East Region was allocated with 140 of the dams promised but only 40 are said to have been constructed so far, in all the 15 Municipalities and Districts of the region.
Out of the 40, some residents have complained that the dams had either dried up or were not built properly.
Nana Addo pledges to look into shoddy dam projects
President Nana Akufo-Addo also pledged to investigate allegations of shoddy work in the construction of dams under the government’s One Village One Dam project in northern Ghana.
According to the President, media reports about the poor quality of work on the dams will not be overlooked.
“There are all kinds of criticisms being made about other parts of our policy. Apparently, some people up there are not satisfied with the dams that have been built.”
“I will be looking into these matters and at the appropriate time, I will have the opportunity to speak about these criticisms,” the President said.
