The Executive Secretary to the Managing Director of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), Issifu Seidu Kudus Gbeadese, has dismissed as “palpable lies” claims by the Damongo Constituency Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that the Managing Director is deliberately delaying the commissioning of the Broto water project.
Addressing the media in Damongo, Mr. Gbeadese rejected allegations made during a press conference led by NPP Constituency Secretary Kadiri Abdul-Rahman and other party sympathisers, insisting that the project is not yet complete and, therefore, not ready for commissioning.
“It is not true that the Managing Director has refused to commission the project,” he stated.
“Nor is it true that the project is being funded with a loan of GH¢17,074,113.58 from Exim Bank. The Broto water project is being fully funded by the Ghana Water Company Limited.”
He further explained that both GWCL and the contractor, Danank Engineering Company, have confirmed the project is still ongoing.
“Let it be known that as of today, the project is incomplete and not ready for commissioning,” he emphasised, countering claims that the work was completed in December 2024.
Mr. Gbeadese also challenged assertions that the Member of Parliament for Damongo, Samuel Abu Jinapor, initiated the project.
“It is a profound lie that the MP initiated or secured this project. If credit must go to anyone, it should be to Dr. Clifford Braimah, not Abu Jinapor,” he asserted.
He revealed that the Broto water system was designed to serve only about 16% of Damongo’s population. “The project was designed when the population was about 41,180, with a daily demand of 2,059m³. The artesian well has a projected yield of only 324m³ per day. It cannot serve the entire regional capital.”
On project financing, he clarified, “As of December 2024, GWCL had paid GH¢4 million out of the total GH¢17 million project cost. Since assuming office, the current MD has approved an additional GH¢6.2 million, which is yet to mature.”
He questioned the basis of the criticism: “So between the MD—who is actively funding and expanding the project—and the MP, who has not contributed a single cedi from his Common Fund, who truly deserves the credit?”
Mr. Gbeadese also disclosed that the MD had directed Danank Engineering and project consultants to expand the project by drilling two new boreholes in Soalepe, a suburb of Damongo, to complement the existing well.
He concluded that this effort forms part of a broader, long-term water supply initiative originally envisioned by former President John Mahama and now being advanced by the current GWCL MD to comprehensively address Damongo’s water crisis.
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