Hadejia

The Jigawa State government also established a 1500tcd sugar factory at Hadejia in 2005 but never completed it to date.

Continuing, he said: “As part of the plans to boost food production in the country, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security flagged off the cultivation of dry-season staple crops in Hadejia, Jigawa state.

For instance, the Hadejia-Jama’are River Basin Development Authority established the Kano River Irrigation Project (KRIP) in 1976.

Tijjani said the Corps’ search team and local divers rescued the man, adding that he was later confirmed dead by a medical personnel at the Hadejia General Hospital.

Alhaji Ibrahim Suleiman, a relation to the deceased who came in from Hadejia in Jigawa, said Abdullahi was a God fearing man, jovial and dedicated to service.

Late Abdullahi’s corpse was received by Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje and Emir of Hadejia, Alhaji Adamu Maje and other top government functionaries around 8 p.m.‎ yesterday.

The institutions are: Nigerian Army University, Biu, Ondo State University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, First Technical University, Ibadan, Airforce Institute of Technology, Kaduna and Binyaminu Usman Polytechnic, Hadejia.

Meanwhile, President Buhari on Monday, May 14, launched the N9 billion Hadejia Valley Irrigation Scheme (HVIS) rehabilitation project in Auyo local government area of Jigawa.

The president, who was received “by a tumultuous crowd”, thanked the Emir of Hadejia and his people for always supporting him, even when he was an opposition candidate.