Niger State Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago has called on people of the state in the diaspora to come home to contribute to the growth and development of the state.
Governor Bago made the call when he received a blueprint from a pressure group named “Technocrats and Professionals in Niger State” at the Government House, Minna at the weekend.
The governor assured that his administration would work closely with professionals in different fields.
“We are calling on Nigelites in the diaspora to come back home so that we can put our heads together and turn the table around,” he said.
Governor Bago who said the report of the group was in line with the vision and mission of his administration, disclosed that plans were underway to cultivate eight million hectares of land in the state under its One-For-One policy.
“Niger is on 76,000 square km of arable land and it means Niger State is sitting on over eight million hectares of land and we can do fishery, cultivate the soil for food and cash crops, and do animal husbandry,” he said.
According to him, the state will also take advantage of the excess water in form of floods by building dams and reservoirs for irrigation farming.
He assured the group of considering the recommendations contained in the document.
Earlier, Prof. Mohammed Yahaya Kuta who led the team said they were at the Government House to congratulate the governor on his emergence and present the blueprint for an integrated approach to support the implementation of his transformation agenda for the state.
