The Chief Executive Officer of the Bui Power Authority, Mr. Joseph Amissah-Arthur, has assured communities affected by the Bui Power Project that the government will continue all the plans on the project and also deliver on schedule.

Mr. Amissah-Arthur gave the assurance at Bui in the Tain District of Brong Ahafo Region when he met with the chiefs and people of the three affected communities yet to be resettled.

The communities are the Bui village, Bui Camp and Akanyakrom.

Mr. Amissah-Arthur further gave assurance that his administration would continue with the Bui city component of the project as designed but was quick to add that this required huge capital.

He, however, indicated that the BPA would create the enabling environment for the private sector to participate in that component of the project.

The CEO said his administration would create an open-door policy with the affected communities and therefore urged them not to hesitate to clarify any issue concerning the project.

On the resettlement, Mr Amissah-Arthur said the final batch of the resettlement would be in August next year and advised the affected communities to be in readiness.

He called on landowners of the area to submit their claims to the appropriate quarters as initially directed by the former CEO for studies, and assured all the communities that they would benefit from all facilities that their counterparts at the Jema resettlement camp were enjoying.

He said although his administartion welcomed the suggestion for an industry to be set up upon completion of the project to create employment in the affected communities, his outfit would extemsively on exercise with the inhabitants before taking any decision.

The chief of Bui, Nana Kwadwo Wuo II, who spoke on behalf of the three communities commended the CEO for calling on them to seek their opinions and added that they were ready to corporate with his administration to deliver the project as scheduled.

PF