Dutse, 30, 2025
Jigawa state executive council has approved the sum of N615,790,000, for clearance of 1,042 hectares for date plantation and youth empowerment training.
The state Commissioner for Information,Youth and Sports, Mr Sagir Musa made this knownon Wednesday in an interview with newsmen after the weekly executive council meeting.
“The project is expected to engage youth, including women as beneficiaries for an intensive training on date palm cultivation, aimed at providing direct and indirect employment to 5,000 youths.
“This is part of Namadi administration’s commitment, to repositioning Jigawa, as a key player in agricultural development especially in date production and to enhance its contribution to Nigeria’s economy” the Commissioner said.
Similarly, Mr Musa disclosed that the Date Palm Plantation Committee set up by the State, has identified six sites based on the availability and suitability for the propagation of Date Palm Plantation across the State.
The project according to him, will also serve as an economically driven strategy for climate change mitigation, preventing of desert encroachment and poverty alleviation in the state.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner highlighted that the State Executive Council, has received a progress report from a Committee on the Retrieval of Farmland Allocations led by Secretary to the State Government Malam Bala Ibrahim.
The report he said, has details of
the committee’s ongoing efforts to recover unauthorized occupation of government owned lands and encroachment of reserves
across the state in line with the state’s development agenda.
the committee’s ongoing efforts to recover unauthorized occupation of government owned lands and encroachment of reserves
across the state in line with the state’s development agenda.
“It has outlined significant strides made in identifying and reclaiming farmlands that were previously illegally allocated but left undeveloped or misused.
“This initiative is part of the administration’s broader strategy, to ensure that all available agricultural resources are fully utilized to support food security, create employment and promote sustainable economic growth across the state.
“It will also safeguard the integrity of all grazing reserves and protect the gazette forest reserves across the state and beyond,” Mr Musa said.
Aisha Ahmed ✍ from Dutse
