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| Ms.Cecilia Abena Dapaah and others during the tour |
500 homes and 29 institutions will be added to the Asafo sewage system.
The project, which was built in 1994, has roughly 320 homes spread across 45 hectares, housing about 4,000 households and about 20,000 people in total.
35 houses and 14 institutions, including Kumasi Technical University, are currently permitted by the sewage system.
The project came about as a result of the government's efforts to get World Bank money for the renovation and expansion of the treatment facility, which also has an aquaculture facility attached to it to foster commercial opportunities for the locals.
In two years, the project is supposed to be finished.
The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Ms. Cecilia Abena Dapaah, made these announcements on the second day of a working visit to check on the status of construction in several areas of the Ashanti Region over the weekend.
The original project cost $35 million, according to the minister, but "we have realized that the scope of design and the goal to achieve has called for a negotiation for more funding, and so we are still discussing."
She emphasized that the project should be self-financed and that fees will be implemented to raise money to maintain it. She also noted that the government shouldn't always fund and maintain initiatives.
The Oti Landfill was a stop on the tour, and the site was actively undergoing substantial re-engineering.
She was delighted that, as several bird species had made the area their home, the treatment center will soon convert it into a popular tourist destination.
She said, "Government will plant roughly 10,000 different tree species here to make the place eco-friendly.
She claimed that the government was steadfast in its resolve to improve sanitation initiatives and hence the health of the citizenry.
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