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Gov’t to construct 570 dams before rainy season – Bawumia

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The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said that the government intends to construct five hundred and seventy dams in the Upper East, West and Northern region this year.

 

According to him, consultative foras have been taking place with work on the first of these dams been set to begin in a couple of weeks ahead of the rainy season.

 

The Vice President who was speaking at the “Paarigbielle” festival of the chiefs and people of the Tumu Traditional Area in the Upper West Region indicated that similar number of dams will be constructed across the three northern regions next year together with other interventions in the agric sector.

 

The Vice President Bawumia indicated that the Sissala area, which is made up of the Sissala East and West districts, will get 10 dams apiece.

 

“Along with the Government policy of Planting for Food and Jobs, we have also initiated the policy of One Village One Dam, and I am glad to note that this policy is taking off this year, and for the three northern regions this year we expect the construction of a total of 570 dams.

 

“We expect to cut the sod for the commencement of this policy within a few weeks and in Sissala East, you will be getting 10 dams this year. In Sissala West you will get 10 dams this year by the Grace of God,” Vice President Bawumia announced.

 

“I am aware of the contribution of farmers in the Tumu Traditional Area to the production of cotton and the textile industry in Ghana, especially the establishment of the cotton ginnery at Tumu. I am informed that the machines at the ginnery can be made to work again even after being idle for quite some time.”

 

Dr. Bawumia continued: “Government is in contact with prospective investors, some of whom have expressed interest in the Tumu Ginnery, and we certainly would facilitate the revamping of the Tumu Ginnery as one of the projects in line with our One District, One Factory policy”.

 

Government, under the policy of Planting for Investment and Export, is encouraging farmers, especially farmers in the three Northern Regions, to embrace the cultivation of cashew as an important cash crop which would protect the environment and provide stable income for farmers, Dr. Bawumia indicated.

 

“The Ministry of Agriculture and the District Assemblies are facilitating the cashew project implementation and it is hoped that our farmers would realize the tremendous benefits to be derived from the cultivation of the multi-purpose cash crop the cultivation of which has specifically been designed for the purpose of poverty reduction.”

Source:a1radioonline.com/Ghana

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