The Bui Power Authority has denied spending an amount of $3 million on Golf Park and a recreational center for its workers.<\/p>\n
The Authority however disclosed that it has plans to set up a Bui City resort but no funds have been allocated to the project.<\/p>\n
This is in response to accusations leveled against the Authority by the Minority in Parliament that an amount of $3 million\u00a0had spent on a Golf park and a recreational\u00a0<\/i>centre\u00a0<\/i>for staff of the Authority when the nation is rationing power due to low investments in the power sector.<\/p>\n
The Assistant External and Communication Relations Officer of the\u00a0<\/i>Bui<\/em>\u00a0<\/i>Power Authority, Mawuli Fui\u00a0Kwadzovia in an interview on the Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong> explained that Bui City concept is a resort which will serve the needs to visitors who come to the Bui generation station.<\/p>\n He mentioned that there is a Bui National Park within the enclave of the Bui generation station therefore; the resort will serve as a tourist attraction to persons who visit the area.<\/p>\n He described the concept as an idea and \u201cno such funding [$3 million] has been sought for the golf course or the Club House.\u201d<\/p>\n Fui\u00a0Kwadzovia maintained that the Authority as at now is sticking to its core mandate of providing reliable electricity for Ghanaians.<\/p>\n According to him, the Bui City Concept will be undertaken under a Public Private Partnership (PPP).<\/p>\n Regarding the current generation capacity for the Bui Dam, Kwadzovia stated that the dam is a 400 megawatts installed capacity dam but it is now producing between 90 and 180 megawatts depending on the water level in the dam.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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