Gov't responds to John Mahama, says 116 dams are under construction

Deputy Minister of Information, Pius Hadzide has responded to John Mahama's assertion that the NPP government has failed to fulfil its campaign promises, including the construction of a dam in every village in the three northern regions.

Addressing delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Tatale in the Northern Region as part of his nationwide campaign tour to lead the party into the next presidential election, the former President questioned where the factories and dams the NPP had promised Ghanaians during the 2016 campaign were.

“You can do all the propaganda you like to win political power when you come to the government; the reality of the people’s life will expose you. Where are the factories? where are the dams? where is the $1 million per constituency? It is easier to make electoral promises than to fulfil them. Making promises is easy, fulfilling them is a problem. That is what NPP has taught us. It is easier to give political lectures on the economy than to manage the economy,” John Mahama said.

The Deputy Minister on Citi TV’s/FM’s News Analysis Programme, The Big Issue said out of the 570 dams promised, lands had been acquired for about 116.

“Out of the 570 dams we intend to build in the three regions of the North, we are actually at work on 116 dams. The dams are at different stages of completion. For the 116, lands have been acquired, between two and three acres of land. Contracts have also been awarded.”

In July 2018, the President indicated that government is constructing a total of five hundred and seventy dams (570), and fifteen (15) warehouses in the Upper East, Upper West, and Northern Regions.

The President had stated that the construction of this critical infrastructure, especially in the three regions of the north, is for the enhancement of agriculture and creating the conditions for all-year-round farming.

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