The Katsina State Government has said that it would partner an Indian company, ABC Limited, to construct a $70 million irrigation Dam, in Gwagwaye, Faskari Local Government Area of the state.
This was revealed by Ibrahim Shehu, the Managing Director of the Katsina Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (KATARDA) disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria, on Thursday, in Katsina.
In his statement, “ABC Limited of India has already signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Katsina State Government for the dam project,
“The state government will provide the land for the construction of the dam and the farms, while the Indian company will construct the dam and all the irrigation facilities in the area.
“The state government and the Indian firm have concluded signing all the documents for the commencement of the project,” Shehu said.
He said that as part of the MoU, the firm would support farmers in the area to cultivate wheat, rice, cotton, maize, groundnut with improve variety of seedlings.
The managing director said that the Indian firm would also provide tomato, onion and pepper seedlings for the farmers.
“The Faskari Local Government Area where the dam will be constructed has one of the best fertile farmlands in the state, where all kinds of agricultural produce can be cultivated,” he said.
Shehu called on all the residents to support the Governor Aminu Masari administration to provide more dividends of democracy.
It would be recalled that Masari had signed a similar MoU with a tractor manufacturing company, Mahindra of India, for the production of 400 tractors for distribution to farmers in the state
