Minister urges Chinese electrical firm to engage
local contractors
Accra, Sept. 29, Ghanadot/GNA – Mr
Emmanuel Amah-Kofi Buah, Deputy Minister of Energy in-charge
of Power, has appealed to the management of China
International Water and Electric Corporation (CWE) to engage
local professionals in the execution of a 170 million dollar
project under the Self Help Electrification Programme (SHEP).
He said the appeal was in line with the NDC Government’s
local content policy which sought to empower indigenous
Ghanaians and businesses in every sector of the economy and
create employment for Ghanaian engineers and contractors.
The appeal was made in a statement issued in Accra on
Tuesday and signed by Mr Gabby Asumin, Assistant Public
Relations Officer of the Ministry.
It said Mr Buah, who is also Member of Parliament for
Ellembelle, made the appeal during the ‘kick-off’ meeting
with CWE, VRA and ECG towards the project.
The statement said under the project, about 800 communities
throughout the country would be connected to the electricity
grid and by 2020 the entire country would have universal
access to reliable electricity supply.
Mr Xie Dahu, Country Director of CWE, assured the Ministry
that the Corporation would execute the project in accordance
with the specification and construction standards of the ECG
and VRA and completed within the four year period.
GNA
