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.

Wahab Femi Agbaje     Ademola Kiyesola     Egbejila     Aminu Ado Bayero     Sayomi     Najim Yaasin     Yemi Sanni     Aliyu Umar     SWAN     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     KWASEIC     Dan-Kazeem     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Ilorin East     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Akume     Salihu Ajia     NSCIA     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Alanamu     Ahmed \'Lateef     Kale Ayo     COVID     Bilikisu Oniyangi     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Mustapha Olanipekun     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Sarah Jubril     Sa\'adu Salahu     Mamman Saba Jibril     Aisha Buhari     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Fatai Olodo     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Dorcas Afeniforo     Alapado     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Dairo Kunle Paul     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Niyi Osundare     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Yeketi     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     CLAY POT     Atunwa     Ishaq Salman     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Turaki     Just Event Online     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Oke-Odo     Shola Odetundun     Emir Of Yashikira     Oniye     Agbarere     Waheed Ibrahim     Lithium Deposit     Valsolar Consultoria     Gbajabiamila     Radio SBS     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Ilorin Amusement Park     Makama Of Kaiama     Kayode Issa     Just Law Forum     Ayo Salami     Owu Fall     ASUU    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Asa     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Plat Technologies Limited     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Bola Sagaya     Binta Sulyman     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Ile Arugbo     Local Government     Popo-Igbonna     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Ridwan Agboola     Ayobami Akanbi     COVID-19 Palliatives     Saad Belgore     SSA Youth     Marufat Oladosu     Razak Atunwa     Abdulazeez Arowona     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Budo Egba     Just Event Online     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Alikinla     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Yeketi     Idiagbon     Henry Olaosebikan     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Ilorin Amusement Park     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Mahe Abdulkadir     UTME     Olabode George Towoju     Saeedat Aliyu     Post Utme     Segun Ogunsola     Bureau Of Lands     Park     Offa     Hamid Bobboyi     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Mike Omotosho     Makama     KFA     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Kunle Okeowo     Umar Saro     JMK Construction Company Limited     LAK Jimoh     Ike Ekweremadu     Taofik Abdulkareem     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Mufti Of Ilorin     Zaratu Umar     Chikanda     Ayo Salami     Forgo Battery     Moro     Maryam Nurudeen     Lawan     KwaraLearn     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Split Diamond Interchange     Taofeek Ibraheem     Third Estate     John Mayokun Dada     Paul Odama     Oke-Odo     Sheikh Ariyibi     Kehinde Baale     Lithium Deposit     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Alanamu     Oniwasi Agbaye