Governor Aminu Bello Masari |
The Katsina State
government says it has made huge investment in agriculture to enhance
production and pave way for wealth creation and income generation across
the state.
Ibrahim Musa Kalla,
Special Assistant on Press Affairs to the state deputy governor, who
doubles as commissioner for Agriculture, said the state government has
rehabilitated seven irrigation schemes at Kwanar Are, Makera, Ruwan
Sanyi, Yartsaku, Sonkaya, Bakori and Daberam.
Kalla said the
state government was assisting irrigation farmers with 620 units of 3
and 21/2 water pumps worth N20 million and 5,000 metric tons of
fertiliser.
"Governor Masari
has also released the sum of N250 million for the rehabilitation of
Daberam irrigation project and that Ruwan Sanyi and Masari dams are also
being rehabilitated at the cost of N118 million and N30 million
respectively.
"Indeed, the recent
visit of the state Deputy Governor, Alhaji Mannir Yakubu, who is also
the Commissioner for Agriculture, to irrigation sites with his team
indicates seriousness and commitment of the present APC administration
in the improvement of agriculture generally in the state," he said.
Alhaji Kalla stated
that the state has conducted series of training for its extension
workers at home and in countries like Thailand, Rwanda and Japan on rice
production, adding that the officials trained have since returned home
and started imparting their acquired skills.
In the area of
mechanisation, he said the state was making effort to provide its
teeming farmers with 300 tractors, 1,000 power tillers and 300
irrigation kits. Already, over 80 new tractors have been delivered to
the state.
The media aid also
stated that the state is presently in consultations for the
establishment of a rice research centre at Daudawa with a large
warehouse in Dandume.
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