Togo: Ministry of water launches new project to make drinking water more accessible in the maritime region

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Monday, 21 February 2022 11:24

Togo: Ministry of water launches new project to make drinking water more accessible in the maritime region

(Togo First) - The Togolese Ministry of Water and Village Hydraulics launched last Thursday the operational phase of the PAGEPC, a project that aims to improve access to clean water and sanitation in the Avé 2 and Zio 2 municipalities. The project will be carried out by Pionniers en Action pour le Développement Intégré à l'Environnement (PADIE), a private association, at a cost of CFA437 million.

Concretely, the PAGEPC will involve supplying technical services related to clean water and sanitation, rehabilitation works, extending water networks, providing financial support, and training delegated managers in the municipalities concerned. It will also lead to the creation of a local institution and legal framework to manage clean water and sanitation facilities.

Bolidja Tièm, the minister of water, said that the project “falls under the National Action Plan for the Water and Sanitation Sector (PANSEA), the Support Program for Reforms and Governance (PARG), the National Development Plan (NDP) 2018-2022, and the 2020-2025 Presidential Roadmap.”

Planned over three years, this project is a pilot initiative of decentralized cooperation to create and experiment with the delegation of services to a private operator, it is indicated.

Togo, it should be emphasized, wants to achieve universal access to drinking water by 2030. Data from the ministry of water shows that respectively 60%, 50%, and 69% of urban, semi-urban, and rural areas have access to the resource presently. In 2022, the government, under its budget, intends to spend CFA23 billion to boost access to drinking water in the country.

Esaïe Edoh

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