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Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, has said the completion of Hadejia Valley Irrigation Scheme (HVIS) in Auyo Local Council of Jigawa State by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration will give rise to massive investment in agricultural production.

Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu has confirmed that one person died, while another was injured when the campaign team of the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress , Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, was attacked in Akuyam, Misau Local Council of the State on Monday.

Buhari commissioned the N17 billion project, on Monday, amid cheers by residents of Auyo and Hadejia local councils, who trooped out in their numbers to hail the giant stride of the Federal Government. Thousands of farmers, especially rice farmers, will benefit a lot from the irrigation that now guaranteed all year-round production. We are not only giving them irrigation, government, through the TRIMMING project, has equipped farmers with farming techniques and new applications of using fertiliser and improve seeds.

Against the tradition, Manjuk explained that ownership and operation system had been entrenched in the users to ensure maintenance culture.

 

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