Gwamnatin jihar Kano ta bayyana cewa jihar na asarar Naira miliyan 378 a duk shekara, sakamakon zaizayar kasa karkashin aikin noman Watari.
Mataimakin gwamnan jihar, Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, ya shaidawa manema labarai jiya a Kano, yayin wani taron manema labarai.
Ya shaida cewa: “Akwai aikin noman ruwa na Watari da aka kammala mai fadin hekta 962 daga cikin kashi 40 cikin 100 ko kuma 384 ba a yi amfani da su a baya ba, saboda lalacewar madatsar ruwa da kayayyakin more rayuwa a can. Amma saboda wannan aikin, APPEALS, ana amfani da shi sosai.
“Akwai kuma gyaran da aka yi na hekta 150 da aka yi a baya, sakamakon zaizayar kasa. An kiyasta asarar hekta 150 a duk shekara ya kai Naira miliyan 378. Sakamakon fadadawar Watari a yanzu haka ta kai hekta 1,000, kuma manoma kusan 4,000 ne za su amfana kai tsaye. Tare da fadada, mun kara amfani da filin noman Watari. Duk da cewa an yi amfani da shi, za mu kaddamar da aikin nan ba da dadewa ba, saboda aiki ne mai matukar muhimmanci,” in ji Gawuna.
Dangane da korafin da manoman jihar suka yi kan rufe madatsar ruwan Tiga da suka ce, ya yi barazana ga ayyukan noman ban ruwa, mataimakin gwamnan ya ce, ana sa ran kammala aikin dam a tsakiyar wannan shekara.
Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, wanda ke rike da mukamin kwamishinan noma da albarkatun kasa na jihar, ya ce, an rufe dam din ne domin a samu damar yin gyare-gyare a madatsar, domin samun cikakken amfani da bunkasa ayyukan noman ban ruwa a yankunan.