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Nana Addo President Dankwa Akufo-Addo revealed that the government would build 570 dams in the North, Upper East and Upper West regions as part of a village dam project. The Builsa region in the Upper East region would receive 20 to support year-round irrigation activities in the region.
He said that 10 dams each would be built in the North and South Builsa, and said that each would be built in Sandema, Wiaga, Chuchuliga, Siniesi and Kadema to improve agricultural activities in the District.
President Akufo-Addo speaking to chiefs and residents of the traditional Builsa region in the Middle East region as part of his two-day working visit to the region of Middle East, said the three northern regions to establish appropriate infrastructure for strengthening agriculture to improve their livelihoods.
He adds: "In order to support the Plantation for Food and Employment (PFJ) program, which included 200,000 farmers last year, the East had 30,000 and Builsa traditional zone 3,790 "
President Akufo-Addo was excited that 18,000 tons of fertilizer had been distributed to farmers in the Builsa region alone, and that the government established 50 warehouses across the country to store the food products produced by the country's peasants, as their sweat, had been in vain for too long.
"At the end of the year when these 50 warehouses will be in place, this will also be a thing of the past "and said that five warehouses would be built in the area, with the Builsa region having one.
He said the government had received 150 million dollars from the Indian bank EXIM as a loan t for the creation of agricultural mechanization centers that would involve the creation of tractor rental pools throughout the country.
"Parliament is debating this issue as we speak now, and I hope that by the time Parliament stands up, the July 27 this loan would have been and then we can continue to establish these agricultural mechanization centers which would provide agricultural services to our farmers, "he said.
As part of the visit, President Akufo-Addo inspected road works underway on the road Navrongo-Sandema-Wiaga-Fumbisi and cut the turf for the construction of a new headquarters in Sandema, Northern Builsa Capital of the district.
Nab Azagsuk Azantilow, Sandem-Nab and the overlord of the traditional Builsa area, congratulated the president for the deployment of flagship government programs, especially the Free High School Initiative (Free SHS) and urged the government to complete project to Chuchliga for SHS who was t at the roof level, and to absorb Wiaga's community SHS into the public system.
The leader also urged the government to fulfill its promise to complete road construction in the area and said the Sandema-Doninga-Santejam-Wa roads were of economic importance for the PFJ program because vast fertile lands open for cultivation.
"My leaders and I are very interested in the PFJ program, but this program will do better if tractors groups are established to facilitate entry into the program under the slogan" a farm in chief. "19659003] Nab Azantilow is concerned that the traditional Builsa Council, the oldest in the region, remains the only ethnic zone without a tertiary institution.
" We do not doubt that you , our democratic and impartial president, will not tolerate such injustice and disparity, and so we hope that sooner or later the region will receive a tertiary institution worthy of a He said the traditional authority was ready to badociate with the government and release land for such a development exercise.
President Akufo-Addo was joined by Dominic Nitiwul, Minister of Defense, Mrs. Mavis Hawa Koomson, Minister of Special Development Initiatives, Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama, Regional Minister for East, Mr.Rockson Ayine Bukari, Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Joseph Dindiok Kpemka, Minister of Water and Sanitation, Mr. Joseph Kofi Adda, and D & # 's 39, other government officials.
Since then, the president has completed his tour of the region of the Middle East and is expected to continue in the northern and western regions.
Source: GNA
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