A ranar Juma’a ne mataimakin shugaban kasa Farfesa Yemi Osinbajo, a karamar hukumar Bunkure ta jihar Kano, ya kaddamar da shirin noman rani na kogin Kano na biliyoyin naira, wanda zai dauki akalla rayuka miliyan daya.
A cewar wata sanarwa da babban mataimaki na musamman ga shugaban kasa kan harkokin yada labarai da wayar da kan jama’a, Mista Laolu Akande, ya fitar, shirin na KRIS, wani bangare ne na shirin Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria Project (TRIMING).
Da yake jawabi a wajen kaddamar da shirin, Osinbajo ya ce, “Aikin wani sabon salo ne da Gwamnatin Tarayya ta dauka, wanda ya bude wa al’ummar manoma da ke da hannu a harkar samar da hanyoyin inganta rayuwa.
“Har ila yau, aikin yana aiki a matsayin abin hawa don yin amfani da damar yin amfani da manyan abubuwan more rayuwa na ruwa, wasu daga cikinsu an gina su sama da shekaru 40 da suka gabata amma galibi ba a yi amfani da su ba ko kuma ba a yi amfani da su sosai ba.
“Babban wadanda suka ci gajiyar wannan aikin sun hada da masu ruwa da tsaki a cikin ruwa, wuraren ban ruwa da magudanar ruwa, kungiyoyin masu ruwa da tsaki, manoma, da mazauna karkara a yankunan aikin. Ta hanyar zuba hannun jarin samar da ababen more rayuwa kai tsaye wanda ya shafi hekta 37,500 a fadin jihohi shida, ayyukan noma a lokaci guda, da kuma kula da ruwan noma a wadannan yankuna, kusan iyalai 140,000 na gonaki masu kimanin mutane miliyan 1 ne ke amfana kai tsaye.”
Mataimakin shugaban kasar ya bayyana cewa taron ya nuna karara kan kudirin gwamnatin Buhari na sauya yanayin rayuwar al’umma a cikin kwandon burodin kasa.
Ya ce inganta albarkatun ruwa ta wannan hanya zai kawo sauyi ga tattalin arzikin yankin da kuma samar da wadataccen abinci ga al’ummar Najeriya.
A cewar VP, “amfanin da ke tattare da kawar da manoman mu daga matsalolin noman damina da kuma kara karfin su na noman duk shekara ba za a yi kasa a gwiwa ba. Wannan shi ne ainihin abin da muke yi ta wannan aikin.”
Dangane da manufar samar da canjin noman noman rani a Najeriya, mataimakin shugaban kasar ya bayyana cewa, “yana da matukar muhimmanci a bunkasa noman noma 140,000 a ciki da kuma kusa da wadannan tsare-tsaren noman rani guda hudu da aka gyara a Arewacin Najeriya: Bakolori Irrigation Scheme a jihar Zamfara, tsakiyar Rima. Shirin Noman Rani a Jahar Sokoto, Shirin Noman Ruwan Kogin Kano da Shirin Noman Ruwa na Kwarin Hadejia a Jihar Jigawa.