Togo attempts to lay claim to Volta Lake

He said this stems from Ghana’s uncompromising position in talks over the Sogakofe-Lome Transboundary Water Supply Project.

“Togo wants to push all the risks (associated with the project) on the people of Ghana, but they are taking a greater portion, 85 per cent of water to be produced

They wanted to take raw water and treat (themselves); and we say we can’t take raw water and pass communities along the line without them being connected,” Dr Braimah said.

He said “We want to treat water at Sogakofe and evacuate to Lome so that people along the line can also benefit.

What is holding the Damango water project, Dr Braimah said, was finance, adding that all necessary documents (agreements) for the release of the US$49 million project cost have been signed.

He said that all financial documents covering the project were currently with the Deutsche Bank.

The company, on its own, however, he said was developing an artesian well, which has been drilled in 2015 to treat water for the people of Damango.