The Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Letsa, has outlined some projects he says will reduce the impacts of climate change and boost ecotourism in the region.
This, he underscored, will protect the coastline from the devastating effects of tidal waves along the coastal stretch of the region and generate revenue.
Tidal wave disaster has been a perennial occurrence, troubling some coastal communities in Ghana. On April 4, 2022, fierce tidal waves caused destruction to some communities in the Volta region, leaving many homeless.
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Taking his turn at the State of the Region Report, a platform put together by the Ministry of Information for Regional Ministers to brief the media on developments in their regions, Dr. Letsa maintained that the projects will protect the coastline.
“We are also doing something in collaboration with climate change and the global warming issues that are going on. We are trying to do three projects in the Volta region. We are looking for funding to do something in the coastal part of the Volta region to protect our coastlne from the effects of the ravages of the tidal waves.
We are also doing this in the capital city of Ho—the oxygen city of Ghana. The EPA has declared our air to be the cleanest in the country. So we are trying to promote that by doing some interventions in Ho to maintain that position. So we have a project there,” he stated on Wednesday, November 9, 2022.
He also mentioned other projects to protect the environment, preserve wildlife, and generate income.
“And another project is for the Afadzato Ho West, that’s the Amedzofe-Vane ecotourism as far as Hohoe. We are doing some work there also, just to promote the environment.
The canopy walkway, which we will open next Friday, is part of that project to protect the environment. There are some species that have been identified that scientists thought were extinct but have been identified in that area.
So we are working to preserve them, and the canopy walkway is expected to generate revenue and alternate income for the people so that we can protect the whole Amedzofe-Ho West area with a serious reforestation effort.”