Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday, in the Bunkure Council Area of Kano State, inaugurated the multi-billion-naira Kano River Irrigation Scheme (KRIS), which will serve at least one million lives.
According to a statement issued by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, Mr. Laolu Akande, the scheme, KRIS, is a component of the Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria Project (TRIMING).
Speaking at the commissioning of the scheme, 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.
The VP noted that the event was a clear demonstration of the Buhari administration’s commitment to transforming the conditions of people in the communities of the nation’s bread basket.
He said optimizing water resources in such a way would revolutionize the local agricultural economy and ultimately enhance the food security of the Nigerian people.
