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We will complete Tamne Dam to improve food security, attract youth — Mahama

Binduri (U/E), Aug 5, GNA – Former President John Dramani Mahama has promised to complete the construction of the Tamne Irrigation Dam in the Tempane District of the Upper East Region when elected as president in the December 7 polls.

Speaking at a durbar in Binduri as part of the first phase of his 2024 election campaign tour, the Flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) underscored the significance of the project to the food security and agriculture-related activities in the country.

Mr Mahama who expressed disappointment over the lack of the current government’s commitment towards the project, stressed that when completed and operationalised, the facility would be a game changer and would attract the youth into agriculture, reduce rural-urban migration as well as poverty and enhance food security.

In 2016, former President Mahama cut sod for the construction of the Tamne Irrigation Dam to begin and the first phase which comprised the construction of the spillway and a dam wall was expected to be completed within 18 months.

The dam when completed was expected to irrigate over 1,300 hectares of farmlands, enhance all-year farming activities and provide more than 5,000 direct and indirect jobs for people, especially those within the Bawku enclave comprising Bawku, Bawku West, Garu, Tempane, Pusiga and Binduri districts.