Category: Agriculture

Benin Owena Basin sets to implement N30b plan

Benin Owena River Basin Development Authority (BORBDA) is to commence implementation of a four-year strategic plan with N30.71 billion in Edo, Ekiti, Ondo and Delta. The BORBDA Managing Director, Mr. Saliu Ahmed, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Obayantor, Benin that the four-year plan would be funded through partnership with Federal Ministry of Water Resources, development partners and Public Private Partnership (PPP). Ahmed added that the plan would begin in 2017 and revolve through 2021 and would be based on development agenda of the economic recovery, in line with plans of the present administration. “The focus will be...