The Ministry for Special Development Initiatives has disclosed that the $275 million to be disbursed to all constituencies across the country is ready.<\/p>\n
The sector, Minister Hawa Koomson, explained\u00a0that 70 \u00a0percent of the $1 million dollars for each constituency, will be spent on government’s priority projects such as the “One district-one factory, one\u00a0village one\u00a0dam, warehouses for planting for food and jobs among others.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”d6x0FmjRa7phVnOku9dzLazYmVa9U3Yg”]The remaining 30 percent will be used for the priority constituency needs, which will be determined by a 10-member team approved by Cabinet.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Koomson said, \u201cthat is where we want the MPs, the MMDCEs and the stakeholders to come together and come out with a plan so that they can get a project for the needs of the constituency and then implement them.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Minister was speaking at a Ministry of Special Development Initiatives programme to brief MMDCES on government’s priority areas on the Infrastructure Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP).<\/p>\n
The Akufo-Addo administration had already indicated that, IPEP would cater for its $1 million per constituency promise.<\/p>\n
The project was also expected to have a direct link with government\u2019s one district one factory project, which is estimated to cost GH\u00a2456.3 million and create about 350,000 jobs.<\/p>\n
IPEP to work with\u00a0development authorities<\/strong><\/p>\n Mrs. Koomson also noted that, IPEP will be working with the various development authorities, including the yet-t-be launched\u00a0Northern Development Authority, Coastal Development\u00a0Authority, and the Middle\u00a0Belt Development Authority.<\/p>\n These three authorities are pending Parliamentary approval hence the need for the\u00a010-member team to establish the priorities in the various constituencies, she explained.<\/p>\n \u201cThe President has\u00a0realized\u00a0that if we want to wait on till the authorities are implemented before we can do these development initiatives, it will be very difficult for us; so he says we should put in place a\u00a0provisional measure so we can do the implementation this year. That is why we are coming out with the 10-member team.\u201d<\/p>\n Stressing the guidelines for\u00a0utilization\u00a0of the money, Mrs. Koomson noted that, constituencies were not to exceed the 1 percent annual allocation for training and capacity building.<\/p>\n The money is not to be used for research\u00a0activities, attending\u00a0conferences and the payment of per diems, she said.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/Neil Nii Amartey Karnaku\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Ministry for Special Development Initiatives has disclosed that the $275 million to be disbursed to all constituencies across the country is ready. The sector, Minister Hawa Koomson, explained\u00a0that 70 \u00a0percent of the $1 million dollars for each constituency, will be spent on government’s priority projects such as the “One district-one factory, one\u00a0village one\u00a0dam, warehouses […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,11],"tags":[2364],"yoast_head":"\n