President Muhammadu Buhari Commissions N9bn Irrigation Project In Jigawa News
At the ceremony yesterday, Buhari said the project was part of the fulfilment of his campaign promises which included providing a more enabling environment for modern agriculture practice for achieving food security.
He said the project was executed under the Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria programme, which was supported by the World Bank. “I personally flagged off this project in 2018 for the rehabilitation of existing gravity irrigation area, involving about 5,346 hectares, and expansion of about 778 hectares as well as the rehabilitation of the barrage, I thank God for achieving this goal,” he said.Buhari charged farmers to embrace modern technology for improving their output for food security, industrialisation and development.
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