Ghana, Burkina Faso Resolve To Tackle Annual Spillage Of Bagre Dam  

Ghana and Burkina Faso are to speed up the establishment of the railway interconnection project. 

The governments of Ghana and Burkina Faso have pledged to work towards strengthening the ties of co-operation between them, after the Presidents of the two countries expressed satisfaction with the current state of relations between them. 

In a joint communiqué issued at the end of the 2-day official visit to Burkina Faso by President Akufo-Addo, it was resolved that the two countries reinforce their co-operation in the areas of railway transport, road transport, agriculture, water, security, trade, works and housing and energy. 

On agriculture, and in order to curb the smuggling of agro-chemicals across the borders of both countries, the Heads of State agreed to put measures in place to stop the illegal movement of agro-chemicals from Ghana into Burkina Faso.  

With the annual opening of the spillways of the Bagre Dam destroying lives, farmlands, livestock and property in Ghana, President Akufo-Addo and President Roch Marc Kabore have agreed to extend cooperation in the utilization of the excess water from the dam for irrigation purposes in the two countries. 

The decision to reactivate the Joint Technical Committee on Integrated Water Resource Management (JTC-IWRM) to oversee and manage the annual spillage, so as to reduce the perennial flooding downstream, was also taken. 

President Akufo Addo also pledged to support Burkina Faso in the fight against terrorism.

The activities of trans-humans from Burkina Faso into Ghana were identified as a security concern, and in this regard, both countries decided to hold frequent consultations to address this issue.  

Prior to the issuing of the communiqué, President Roch Marc Christian Kabore decorated President Akufo-Addo with the highest national award of Burkina Faso, the Grand Croix de l’Ordre National.  

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