Posted on May 17, 2018
By Sule Tahir, Independent
President Muhammad Buhari has flagged-off the commencement of trimming of age-long Typha grass from the Hadejia river valley in Jigawa State.
The canal dredging project was first awarded in 1981 and had since been abandoned by successive governments.
When dredged, the canals would be expected to provide enough water for irrigation purposes and other domestic use.
The project, aimed at boosting irrigation farming, where it was expected to cover at least 6,000 hectres of farmland, create jobs and wealth for the teeming Auyo communities.
The President, who was in Jigawa for a two-day working visit, arrived the state capital at 9.58 am on Monday, and was treated to a reception by the Jigawa and Kano states governors, Muhammed Badaru Abubakar and Abdullahi
Buhari expressed disappointment with the manner in which he was prevented from meeting the people despite their efforts to troop to the occasion to see him.
Buhari, who spoke in Hausa at the Hadejia Emir Palace, stated: “I was enveloped in a dark vehicle, which prevented the large number of people that came to see me. I could also see the disappointment on their faces when they could not even guess the vehicle that conveyed me.
“I hope when I’m going back they would put me in an open vehicle so that my people will see me and I will also wave them,” he stated.
The President also commissioned 114 kilometre Guri-Tasheguwa-Abunabo road work awarded at the cost of over N11 billion by the state government.
Source: Independent
