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Kwara government, World Bank to collaborate on irrigation farming

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has urged the World Bank to site its power and irrigation farming project in the state.

The governor stated this at the Stakeholders Engagement meeting on Sustainable Power and Irrigation for Nigeria Projects (SPIN), held at Peace Hotel Conference Hall, Tanke, in Ilorin the state capital.

Mr AbdulRazaq, who was represented on the occasion by his Special Adviser on Special Duties, Razaq Jida, said the project will boost agriculture and raise the living standard of the people if sited in Kwara.

Welcoming the participants to the meetings, the state Commissioner for Water Resources, Usman Lade, said the state has enough dams to meet the World Bank requirements for siting the project.

He said the project will boost food security in the state and Nigeria at large.