{"id":460223,"date":"2018-01-31T19:00:26","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T19:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/01\/31\/1-village-1-dam-to-start-by-april-tempane-mp\/"},"modified":"2018-01-31T19:00:26","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T19:00:26","slug":"1-village-1-dam-to-start-by-april-tempane-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/01\/31\/1-village-1-dam-to-start-by-april-tempane-mp\/","title":{"rendered":"\u20181-Village, 1-Dam\u2019 to start by April &#8211; Tempane MP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 31 January 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>3news.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-01-31<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/11882568.295.jpg\" alt=\"Farm Irrigation\" title=\"Farm Irrigation\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Farms will be irrigated all-year with the coming in force of the policy<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1517425226_198_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Member of Parliament for Tempane Constituency, Joseph Dindiok Kpemka, says work on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo\u2019s \u2018One-Village, One-Dam\u2019 policy will begin latest by April, this year.<\/p>\n<p>He said he has seen documents to that effect and, so, he is saying that on authority.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kpemka, who doubles as a Deputy Minister of Justice, said he can be taken on if the project does not begin in March\/April, as stated.<\/p>\n<p>He gave this undertaking on TV3\u2019s New Day on Wednesday while discussing the recent announcement by the Ghana Water Company Limited to embark on a water-rationing exercise.<\/p>\n<p>He said the condition in the North becomes more serious in the dry season.<\/p>\n<p>But the policy of government to construct dams at various locations in the Upper East, Upper West and Northern regions is expected to stem the seasonal drought experienced, he noted.<\/p>\n<p>The New Patriotic Party (NPP) made the promise of constructing a dam in each village in the three main northern regions, during the 2016 electioneering campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The \u20181-Village, 1-Dam\u2019 policy is expected to make agriculture an all-year round programme for farmers in the north.<\/p>\n<p>Water from the various dams is expected to be used to irrigate farms.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kpemka said the \u20181-Village, 1-Dam\u2019 programme will bring much relief to many including his constituents.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 43 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Wednesday, 31 January 2018 Source: 3news.com 2018-01-31 Farms will be irrigated all-year with the coming in force of the policy The Member of Parliament for Tempane Constituency, Joseph Dindiok Kpemka, says work on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo\u2019s \u2018One-Village, One-Dam\u2019 policy will begin latest by April, this year. 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