Togo: Emergency Program for the Savanes region will cost CFA16 billion
Monday, 25 April 2022 14:10 
(Togo First) - The Emergency Program for the Savanes Region will cost CFA16 billion. The figure was disclosed last Thursday by the government, after the council of ministers held in Cinkassé that day.
The program, which will end in 2025, covers the following sectors: water, energy, health, infrastructure, education, and agriculture. In the water sector, Lomé already announced that 75 boreholes would be dug under the program, in around 30 communities. Also, drinking water supply systems will be built in all military bases of Cinkassé.
In the energy sector, the government plans to expand the country’s power grid, connect more than 10 communities to the grid, as well as install solar light poles.
In the same region, two peripheral care units (USP) are going to be built to boost access to health care, the technical division of health centers will be reinforced, and a USP will be turned into a medical-social center (CMS).
Regarding education, more than 30 new classrooms will be built in Boadé, Gnoaga, Gouloungoussi, Nassiégou, Sam Naba, and Cinkassé.
Two planned agricultural development zones (ZAAP) should also be unearthed in Timbou and Gounlougoussi. Meanwhile, water reservoirs are already being set up in seven communities.
It should be noted that nearly 10 rural roads, spanning 150 km, are being constructed. They will help open up and connect towns like Biankouri, Zintango, Korenzoaga, Kassou, Safobé, Natingou, and Dontougou.
The Emergency Program for the Savanes region was designed by the government. It aims to help people living in this region as they are exposed to security threats. Indeed, at the beginning of November last year, terrorists were pushed back by the army in Sanloaga.
Esaïe Edoh
