THE WHITE VOLTA SUB-BASIN - Sustainable Irrigation Development in the White Volta Sub-Basin - page 31

This has led to the establishment of the White Volta sub-basin Management
Board of Ghana with the secretariat located in Bolgatanga. The members of
the basin board are made up of representatives from: (1) the district
assemblies located in the basin, (2) the traditional authorities, (3) Water
Resources Commission (the basin co-ordinator is an employee of the WRC),
(4) Environmental Protection Agency, (5) Ministry of Food and Agriculture,
(6) Lands Commission, (7) Meteorological Services, (8) Research Institute
(Glowa-Volta Project) and (9) National Council on Women and
Development.
The White Volta sub-basin Management Board co-ordinates water resources
related issues within the White Volta sub-basin of Ghana and also acts as
representatives of Ghana on transboundary related issues with their
counterparts in Burkina Faso.
Figure 2.5: Board Members of the White Volta sub-basin Management
(Source: after Poolman, 2005) .
The secretariat is managed by the WRC Basin Officer in liaison with the
WRC headquarters. The basin officer who has overall managerial authority,
serves as Basin Board Executive Secretary and co-ordinates stakeholder
activities. The basin officer is also responsible for developing and
implementing the basin Action Plan and reviewing progress toward project
objectives. Among the important responsibilities are registering of water use
rights, collecting water fees and creating public awareness of IWRM
(Rodgers et al., 2007).
Even though the White Volta sub-basin Management Board has been
established for a few years it has made little impact on the Water Resources
Management in the sub-basin. For example the National Water Policy which