CWSA TO RE-STRATEGIZE TO BE FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE

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The Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Joseph Kofi Adda, has underscored the need for strategic thinking and repositioning of all agencies under that newly created ministry to ensure effective delivery of water and sanitation in the country. 

According to the Minister, recent changes in the financing landscape of Ghana following attainment of a lower middle income status in 2011 has led to a decline in grants and loans to the sub-sector thereby necessitating a clear alternative public financing to bridge the gap in donor funding so as to attain the Sustainable Development Goal Six and related national targets.

 Mr. Adda was addressing staff of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency, CWSA, in Kumasi at the 2017 Review Conference of the Agency. 

The review conference is focused on “Rural Water and Sanitation Provision; The Current Role off CWSA, the Gaps and the Wayforward for Effective and Sustainable Delivery”. 

Mr. Adda observed that the shift in donor funding has a serious implication for an organization like the CWSA which relies significantly on such support for its financial sustainability and industrial relations. 

The Minister said the vision of government is to contribute to the provision of safe and adequate water and sanitation facilities for all communities nationwide by the year 20130. 

Under this, government is committed to the provision of 25 thousand boreholes and 300 pipe schemes under the agenda for water and sanitation for all that seeks also to create jobs. 

 He reminded the Community Water and Sanitation Agency of its critical role towards the attainment of this goal. 

The Chief Executive of the CWSA, Ingineer Worlanyo Kwadjo Siabe, disclosed that the initial five-year Sustainable Rural Water and Sanitation Project being funded at a cost of 75 thousand Dollars by the International Development Agency of the World Bank has been extended by two years from the original completion date of 2015.

 The extension is to allow for the completion of key components which include the provision of one thousand new boreholes to be fitted with hand pumps, rehabilitation of 40 boreholes in the Northern region, 40 mechanized water facilities and 29 small town water systems.

 Ingineer Siabe noted that Ghana needs to invest nearly 750 million Dollars in the water and sanitation sub-sector to achieve the country’s target of the SDG-Six by 2030 which CWSA has already developed a programme towards its realization.

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