THEGlIARDlAN,Tu~No\'m1ber 6,2012
Govt to commence maSSlvence production in Nasarawa Flam Hktdll ~ Ahuja
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Gowrnmrnt J. und~r the" Subsidy Re"invC'Slmrnt rrogr.lmm~ Is 10 commrnc~ m.lssive" ricr fanning n~xt yrar through Irrigation hom Doma Dam In Nasarawa Statr. Mlnlsl~r of Information Mr. Labaran Maku, who diJ· c10~ this whe"n hr Ird the" delrgatlon or lh~ National Good Governance Tour of 001N (),am at th!! WHkend. said ba:ause or the poIrn· Iials of the dam, the go~rn· m!!nt is rehabllit.ltlng and rl!'a.clivating all the infra· urunurrolnd thl!' Irrigation ~~ral
way 10 cannt'ct tht' pumps to public powrr supply to achltvr tilt' largr! In rict' productiOn from th~ dam. Ochela 5Iated (hilt Nasarawa Stalt' Govunment prt'sentl), extr;l.cLS 10 million cubic mrtrrs: of water for ural· mrnt and supply to tht' Doma community from tht' dam ;l.nd that as soon .J.S tht' pumps ne tl!furbl5hed, lht'y would Slart watrT sprinkling for irrigation. lie disclosed thai abOut 80 per crnl of thr (iltrn acct'ss roads had been construartl In addition to thr completion of75 percent dr.linagt' Infrastructure.
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which h.u the capKlty for ]7-5 million cubic IT'It'tt'fS, Is CApable of Irrigaung 2000 hectolfl!'s of land, adding that gOVt'mmrnt hAl provfdt'd some" fund:s to reild lust the pumps and service the Irrigation inrr,utructore thaI Is ;l.lft';l.dy on ground In order to com· mrnce ricr produalon dnd other crops as soon.lS possl· ble". Maku ~id; -rhr InrroUtruc· tUR has bttn 1.lld and read so who'll thr government has donr In recent time under the SURE Programmr Is to devOIr some of the money Ihdt we .are rec~r· ing from subsidy rt'duction on petrolrum produces
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of thr centres where ~ arr using to Jlromote rice produalon~
In his r~marks, the ElIrCu(lve Dirrctor Engineering or the lower Denur Rlvt'r Ddsin Dewlopm~nl Authont)-\ Mr. Isaac OchrJa s.lld ,u thr momrnl 250 hrclues of land arr being Irrlg,ut'd from the Doma Dam for \"!'gc'table. mdon and mdlz~ farming. HI': said thr authority Is collaboriltlng with UTe TechnlGlllto reha· billtatt' thr pumps to achlevt' sprinkler syst~m of Irrigation, which would be uS('(! for massive nct' produeuon. -Govr:rnmrnt holl put in place tht' pumping st;l.don. the pipt's and all the hydrants art' In pia cr. What nrl!ru 10 br dont' Is tht' restruaunngofthe pumps b«aust' thr pumps havt' been thrre sincr 1987. Thq nuri to br rdurblsh~d bcroreWt'un tillkofpower. Ing It: hI! t'llplalnrd. He sard thl! Authonty had procurrd four 500 KVA genera· torSCl$ to power thr pumps and thaI plans aft' undl!r·
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