Mole Park suffers deterioration in facilities

A major foreign exchange earner in the tourist industry, the Mole National Park is suffering a set-back following the breakdown of its electricity generator for more than eight months now.

Mr Seidu Sofo, MP for Damongo/Daboya told the GNA in Accra that the park is now thrown in darkness resulting in diminishing returns in revenue. A rippling effect of the power outage is water shortage, as water from park's dam cannot be pumped to an overhead tank for treatment and distribution to the community.

Mr Sofo said it is embarrassing when foreign tourists who pay in hard currency for lodging and for game viewing could neither have access to potable water nor electricity.

He said work to connect the Park to the national electricity grid is about 85 per cent complete and it only requires about 6,000 metres of cable to string the transmission poles and connect the transformers.

He said tourists as well as the people of the area are worried about the situation and are wondering why such a national asset should be so neglected.