FG commissions Omu- Aran dam, to power 150,000-hectare irrigation farm

Date: 2023-05-24

The federal government has commissioned a 3.5 million cubic water capacity dam that will power at least 150, 000 hectares of irrigation farm land in Omu- Aran, Irepodun local government area of kwara state in its pilot irrigation programme for kwara South senatorial district.

The federal government had through the Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority, Ilorin commissioned similar dam in Malete, Okuta Baruten local government for similar irrigation project in Kwara North senatorial district.

Speaking at the commissioning in Omu- Aran on Monday, Minister of Water Resources, Engineer Sulyman Adamu, represented by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mrs Didi Walson- Jackson, encouraged the people of Omu- Aran to take advantage of the potentials of the dam to boost food security and create jobs for themselves.

Managing Director, Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority, Dr Adeniyi Saheed Aremu, said the dam has potentials of serving the irrigation and portable water needs of the community.

Contractor of the project, Engineer Kayode Shangoyemi, urged the state and federal government to collaborate and provide alternative source of energy to reduce the cost of diesel currently being used to power the dam.

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, represented by the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Mallam Abdulateef Gidado, said his administration had empowered 6,000 farmers under the FADAMA NG-CARES which has been planned to boost food security and deliver prosperity along agricultural value chains to thousands poor homes.

The Olomu of Omu- Aran, Oba AbdulRaheem Adeoti, urged the federal government to carry out reticulation of the dam to serve the portable water needs of the communities.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kayode Ishola     Rihanat Ajia     Sherif Shagaya     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Saheed Popoola     Michael Nzwekwe     Baba Isale     Metro Park     Joseph Daudu     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Ojuekun     Solomon Edojah     Iliasu     Yahya Mohammed     Usman Yunusa     Afetu Of Alabe     Gobirawa     Yakub Ali-Agan     Sobi Hill     Ubandoma     Saeedat Aliyu     Aminu Adisa Logun     08001000100     Pakata Patriots     Harmony Holdings     Adeleke Ogungbe     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Baruten     Kwara Metro Park     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Bukola Ajikobi     Olaitan Adefila     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Abubakar B.M     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Admiralty Villa     Alikinla     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Awoye     Democracy Day     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Government House     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Offa Grammer School     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Isin     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Radio Kwara     Kola Shittu     Computer Based Test     Abdulkareem Alabi     Hassan Saliu     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Olomu     Adesoye     Fulani     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Muritala Olarewaju     HICA     Abdulhakeem Amao     Elekoyangan     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Bayo Lawal     Kwara     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Bluenile Associates     General Hospital, Ilorin     Olatinwo     KWACOBPA    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Yakub Ali-Agan     Medview Airlines     Amasa     Suleman Abubakar     Apado     Moronfoye     Valsolar Consultoria     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Abubakar B.M     Justina Oha     A.E. Afolabi     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Ilota     Kayode Alabi     2023 Elections     Olusola Saraki     Kayode Yusuf     Gbenga Awoyale     Ijagbo     Durosinlohun Atiku     Bukola Ajikobi     COVID-19 Palliatives     Najim Yaasin     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Old Oyo     Kanu Agabi     Joseph Daudu     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Ilorin General Hospital     Ilorin Metro Park     Bola Shagaya     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     REO CAKES     Marufat Oladosu     KWASIEC     Oke-Kura     Kwara Polytechnic     Busari Alabi Alausa     Abdulazeez Uthman     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     CLAY POT     Ajibike Katibi     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Baba Issa     Ike Ekweremadu     Oni Adebayo     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Amuda Bembe     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Funmi Salau     Seun Bolaji     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     IF-K     Oluronke Adeyemi     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     George Innih     Kwara State Government     KWTV     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Garba Ado Sanni     Ileloke     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Ahmed     ER-KANG Mining     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Issa Oloruntogun     Micheal Imoudu     Kwha.gov.ng     Pategi