Ibrahim Musah, Head of Strategy, Policy, and Campaigns at WaterAid Ghana, has appealed to the government to increase budget allocation for the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector citing the need for "at least 1.7 billion per annum" as promised in the Ghana WASH Compact signed by the President. Musah emphasized the devastating impact of climate change on water resources, threatening community livelihoods. Underground water resources are reducing due to climate change, but at the center of it is community livelihoods," he noted. Speaking in an interview with Business Week Ghana at the sidelines of the COP 29 in Baku- Azerbaijan, Musah noted that Ghana's struggles with access to water, particularly in urban areas like Accra, Tamale, and Cape Coast, are attributed to inadequate financing and equity issues. We welcome the WASH Compact, but it's crucial that the allocated funds are released promptly," Musah stated. "Inadequate budgetary allocations ...