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Governor Namadi Commissions Lallashi Borehole-Primarily based Irrigation Scheme to Increase Meals Safety in Jigawa
Governor Umar Namadi has inaugurated the Lallashi Borehole-Primarily based Irrigation Scheme in Maigatari Native Authorities Space, marking a big step towards enhancing meals safety and modernizing agriculture in Jigawa State.
In a press release by his Chief Press Secretary, Hamisu Mohammed Gumel, the governor emphasised that the mission, powered by photo voltaic vitality and using semi-conduit and drip irrigation strategies, will allow year-round farming whereas creating financial alternatives for native farmers.
The ten-hectare irrigation scheme, supported by 4 industrial boreholes, is predicted to straight profit 80 smallholder farmers, growing crop yields and enhancing livelihoods.
Governor Namadi reaffirmed his administration’s dedication to implementing its 12-Level Agenda, with a powerful deal with increasing irrigation infrastructure, together with borehole-based methods and dams. He revealed that comparable initiatives in Birniwa and Kafin Hausa will quickly be accomplished, whereas the 2025 finances contains extra irrigation initiatives in Gumel, Sule Tankarkar, and Gagarawa.
He additional highlighted the mission’s position in decreasing dependence on seasonal rainfall, boosting agricultural productiveness, and growing farmers’ incomes, aligning together with his administration’s broader imaginative and prescient for sustainable improvement within the state.
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