The flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has promised that his government would establish at least one dam in every village in the Northern part of the country if elected into office.
Nana Addo was addressing the Bolgatanga Traditional Council Sunday when he made the promise, saying agriculture needs to be improved and that is one way to do that.
“You have been hearing me talking about 1-District-1-Factory. As far as this part of the country is concerned, I even want to go further and talk about “1-village-1-dam”, to make sure that in every village, we have a functioning dam to support agriculture. If Ghana’s agriculture is working well, the nation is capable of feeding West Africa,” he said.
“Our lands have the water for a buoyant agriculture. We want to be able to make sure that the entire northern sector of our country, which is a potential bread basket of Ghana, has the irrigation platform to make agriculture work.
“You are close to Burkina Faso, and you know what is going on there. They are able to conserve water and irrigate their lands. They are exporting vegetables, fruits, amongst others. With all the problems they have politically, their agriculture is working. We are at peace and ours is not working, because we don’t have correct policies. We believe we can put in correct policies to make agriculture work.” the three time flagbearer added.
Nana Addo’s promise comes on the heels of a recent study by policy think tank IMANI Ghana, which said most promises given by the political parties are unattainable.

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