Dan Botwe Launches Second Phase of Integrated Rural Development Project (RIDP II) | General News

The Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development (MLGDRD) in collaboration with the Social Investment Fund (SIF) have launched the second phase of the Integrated Rural Development Project (RIDP II).

The Project has four components including the provision of socio-economic infrastructure, provision of credit to SMES, outreach, sensitization and capacity building and management and coordination.

This project is being financed by the government of Ghana and the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) at a total cost of US$24 million. It is expected to run from November 2022 to October 2027.

The government signed a 5-year agreement with the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) in September 2022 to implement Phase Two of the project. As a result, the Internal Rural Development Project Phase Two (IRDP II) became effective in November 2022.

Minister for Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Daniel Botwe, who launched the project  said the phase one served 132 communities in 21 districts across the then 10 regions with a population of about 2.3 million.

According to him,the US$24 million Phase Two of the Integrated Rural Development Project (IRDP II) is being implemented in 23 municipal and district assemblies (MDAs) within 16 regions and to improve livelihoods for sustainable poverty reduction and to provide access to basic infrastructure and socio-economic services, among others.