Edward Bawa, the Member of Parliament for Bongo and Member of the Energy Committee in Parliament, has criticised the 5.21km access road to the Pwalugu Dam construction site, calling it a “donkey path” rather than a proper road.
This criticism comes after the Ghana Irrigation Development Authority (GIDA) clarified in a statement on Wednesday, May 28 that part of the $12 million paid to PowerChina, the contractors for the Pwalugu Multipurpose Irrigation Dam project, was used to construct a 5.21km access road off the main Sariba-Kpasenkpe road to the contractor’s camp.
Additionally, 4km of on-site roads in and around the camp have been completed.
However, in an interview with Bernard Avle, Edward Bawa described the route from Sariba to Kpasenkpe, leading to Pwalugu, as a mere pathway unfit for the intended use, directly contradicting claims of its completion.
“Sariba to Kpasenkpe and to Pwalugu is on the same route. After Walewale you get to a village known as Wulugu, there is a diversion that goes through to Kurugu which is the final end.
“After Kurugu you are entering into the river; so, that is the road that they said they have constructed. That is the road we used to the place, its a pathway, it is not a road… it is a donkey path,” he stated.
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