Jigawa to distribute 5, 000 hand pumps, tube wells to farmers.
The Jigawa Government on Wednesday, said it would make available 5, 000 water pumps and tube wells in farmlands to check perennial water scarcity experienced by farmers in the state.
The state deputy governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Hassan, made this disclosure at the inauguration of a weed clearance exercise in Kirikasamma, Jigawa.
Hassan said the State Government had worked out modalities to construct tube wells in the 5, 000 hectares of farmlands to encourage irrigation agriculture.
He stated that one water pump and a tube well would be provided in each hectare of the farmlands.
Hassan said that the tube wells and water pumps would be provided to the farmers to address the problem and encourage production.
“This is to provide lands for cultivation and enhance effective utilisation of water and agricultural resources”.
The deputy governor lauded the community leaders for mobilising participation in agriculture, adding that the trend would encourage food production and enhance wealth creation in the society.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Hadejia valley project was initiated by the Federal Government in the 1980s to encourage irrigation activities, enhance fishery and water supply to communities.
The greater part of the river was ravaged by typher grass, which affected irrigation activities.