The Chairman of Babura Local Government in Jigawa State, Alhaji Aminu Ahmed, has said that the council spent about N5.7 million to construct 125 tube wells to boost irrigation farming in the area.
Ahmed, who announced this recently in Babura, in Jigawa State, explained that the council, in collaboration with the Hadejia/Jama’are River Basin Development Authority, under Fadama irrigation development, constructed the wells for irrigation farms in different communities in the area.
The Chairman also said the effort was to complement those of the state and Federal Government in the drive to ensure food security and improve agriculture through irrigation farming.
The council boss noted that each well was constructed at the cost of N45, 000 in 128 villages.
He said it started with a pilot project at Kuzunzumi village where the council provided the farmers with water pump generators.
Ahmed said the council was encouraged to expand the project to various villages that had Fadama in their areas.
“The council therefore contacted the Hadejia/Jama’are River Basin Authority for support and professional guide and it obliged,” the Chairman said.
The Chairman, who said Dankarda, Garungudunya, Insharuwa, Kuzunzumi, and Rafintsamiya were among the benefiting communities, however, commended the Authority for its support and encouragement. (NAN)
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