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Energy Minister, Joseph Kofi Adda says a detailed compensation plan has been drawn up for persons who will be affected by the Bui Dam Project in the Brong Ahafo Region.President Kufuor is expected to cut the sod for the commencement of construction works on the 620 million-dollar project next week, expected to supplement national electricity generation.Mr. Adda who made the assertions on JOY FM's current affairs programme, Front-Page, said 25 million dollars of the amount will be used to construct modern housing units for some two thousand people who will be displaced.“They are going to be real modern-type houses, some of which will be allocated to them and where lands have been acquired that have economic value that need to be compensated for, that will also be given to them. So in addition to the housing facility…, there will be a sprawling city that will also have so many houses and other social facilities which are available for those who are not displaced people, so that we will attract people to the site as a modern urban area as opposed to just moving the affected people to little shacks in there and saying that is enough for them.”The Minister said the detailed resettlement plan includes two levels of compensation.“Those who own the land, those who till the land there or have economic trees on the land that is going to be affected, they will get some monetary compensation…in addition to the dwellings. So if you have say a 20-acre farm there and then your house and you are going to be resettled, you will get the house where you’ll stay with your family and also the land will be valued…and then the appropriate compensation given to you.”Environmentalists say global warming has changed weather patterns and is responsible for the draught in Africa which will persist. That has raised concerns about why government is investing millions of dollars in dam construction. But Mr. Adda says the project is one of the many alternatives for power generation.In the meantime though, Mr. Adda says tremendous progress has been made in finding solutions to the crisis and nobody is currently experiencing light offs during the day as used to be the case.
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