V.P. Osinbajo Inaugurates Multibillion Naira Kano River Irrigation Scheme

In what will transform the conditions of farming communities along the Kano River Basin, the Buhari Administration added another feather to its cap in the agricultural sector as Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, inaugurated the multi-billion-naira Kano River Irrigation Scheme, KRIS, which will touch at least one million lives.

The scheme, KRIS, is a component of the Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria Project.

Speaking at the commissioning of the scheme in Bunkure LGA of Kano, Prof. Osinbajo said “the Project is an innovative approach adopted by the Federal Government, which has opened access to life-changing opportunities for the farming communities that are involved with the Project.

Through the direct infrastructure investments covering about 37,500 hectares across six states, concurrent activities in agriculture and on-farm water management in these areas, approximately 140,000 farm families with about 1 million people are directly benefiting.