Special Security Camp for Bui

Space FM, Bui- The Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister, Mr. Ignatius Baffour Awuah, has announced that the Regional Security Council is to set up a Special Security Camp at Bui in the Banda Ahenkro Traditional Area to provide security for lives and property .

He said a special force comprising the police and military would be deployed to the area this week for the exercise.

Mr. Baffour Awuah said this during the launching of the Bui Disinfestation Project being executed by Zoomlion Ghana Limited, a private Waste and Sanitation Management Company, the National Secretariat of the Onchocerciasis with funding from the Ministry of Finance, at Bongaase in the Tain District.

The project is aimed at riding the area of black flies and create a congenial atmosphere for workers and residents during and after the construction of the hydro electric dam at Bui, expected to generate about 400 megawatts of electricity for the country.

The regional minister said the siting of the security camp has become very necessary because of the possibility of the migration of certain dubious characters to the area as a result of the construction of the Bui Dam.

He urged the Chiefs and people in the area to support government during the constructional phase of the dam since they are going to the first and direct beneficiaries of the project.

Mr. Baffour Awuah asked businesses and individuals to take advantage of the siting of the dam at Bui and invest in affordable housing for domestic and commercial activities in the area.

The regional minister advised persons recruited for the disinfestation exercise to work diligently so that they could be considered for work when the construction of the dam commences. He commended ZoomLion and the Ministry of Finance for undertaking the project.