Kwara State Unveils Major Irrigation and Water Investment Plans

Date: 2024-10-10

As disclosed by Blueprint, In response to the recent halt in rainfall attributed to climate change, the Kwara State Government has unveiled plans for an extensive irrigation project, which will cover large expanses of land in the Omu-Aran and Dukulade communities.

Additionally, the government has revealed a comprehensive 30-year water and investment plan for the state. The proposed initiatives will be implemented in collaboration with the African Development Bank (AFDB) and the Kwara State Government.

This announcement was made by the Kwara State Commissioner for Water Resources, Usman Lade, during the quarterly ministerial press briefing. The briefing was chaired by the Commissioner for Communications, Mrs Bola Olukoju, and also featured the attendance of the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mallam Rafiu Ajakaye.

The commissioner said the choice of Omu- Aran in Kwara South senatorial district and Dukulade in Kwara North, was arrived at because they meet the standard requirement of having at least 500 hectares of land available for irrigation farming.

Lade said the project is to ensure that farmers in the state practice all year round agriculture leveraging on the opportunities available with the dams in the areas.

Blueprint recalls that the federal government had through the Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority, Ilorin in 2023, 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.

On the efforts to end open defecation, Lade disclosed that the state government under it RUWASA project have constructed 10 smart toilets each in three selected local governments assuring that more will be replicated in other local government areas.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Alaro     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Tayo Alao     Olusegun Adeniyi     Ogbondoroko     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Yakub Ali-Agan     Maryam Nurudeen     Abdulraheem Olesin     Tunde Oyawoye     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Binta Sulyman     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Mustapha Akanbi     IPSAS     Kisra     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     KWASAA     Elerin Of Adanla     Onilorin     Bursary     Alliance For Democracy     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Ali Ahmad     Idris Garuba     Atiku     Sulyman Buhari     Bilikisu Gambari     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     IHS     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Baruten     GRA     Kwara State Government     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Principal Private Secretary     Olatinwo     Iliasu     Quareeb     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     QuickWin     Salary     Bisi Oyeleke     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Balogun Fulani     Akeem Olatunji     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Air Peace     Niyi Osundare     Salaudeen Oyewale     Ayobami Akanbi     Saadu Yusuf     Ajakaye     Daud Adeshola     Kemi Adeosun     Kwara State Television     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Popo-Igbonna     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Azeez Salawu     ITEM 7     Ariyo     Iyaloja-General     Jelili Yusuf     Guber Aspirant     07039448763     Shettima     Eleja     Aliyu Muyideen     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Clement Yomi Adeboye    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

JAMB     Ayodele Shittu     Abatemi Usman     Babaita     Oluronke Adeyemi     Ebola     Al-Adaby     Garba Idris Ajia     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Kwara State Polytechnic     Usman Alkali Baba     Emir Of Lafiagi     Kayode Ibrahim     Dogara     Ilorin South Constituency     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Femi Ogunsola     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Tunde Akanbi     Olaosebikan     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Bluenile Associates     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Radio SBS     Haliru Yahaya     Kamoru Kadiri     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Minister     Sulyman Tejidini     Emir Of Shonga     Issa Baba     Ayobami Seriki     Ibrahim Jawondo     Temitope Ogunbanke     Aliyu Muyideen     Lola Olabayo     Magaji Nda     Lola Ashiru     Hussein Olokooba     Neo Mundo Ltd     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Olam Food Ingredients     Abdullahi Samari     Quareeb     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     COVID-19 Palliatives     Olatunde Olukoya     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Salman Alada     Offa Poly     Kwara State Television     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     New Model Police Station     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Eleyele     Osuwa     Iponrin     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Gobirawa     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Yinka Aluko     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Twitter     Jelili Yusuf     20 Billion Bond     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Hakeem Idris     Kunle Okeowo     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Tosho Yaqub     Ganiyu Taofiq