A total of five hundred and seventy (570) dams are to be constructed in the three northern regions this year as part of the NPP Government’s manifesto pledge to facilitate community-owned and managed small-scale irrigation facilities across the country, especially in northern Ghana, popularly known as “One Village One Dam”.

Feasibility studies and consultative forums have been undertaken, with work on the first of these dams set to begin in a couple of weeks, ahead of the rainy season.

Ghana's Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, made the disclosure at the annual “Paarigbielle” festival of the chiefs and people of the Tumu Traditional Area in the Upper West Region, on Saturday March 17, 2018.
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