Osinbajo disclosed this on Friday while inaugurating the Kano River Irrigation Scheme (KRIS) in Zangon Buhari Local Government of Kano State.
The project, under the aegis of the Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria (TRIMING) Project and the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, is part of efforts aimed at addressing food insecurity in the country.
According to the vice president, the counterpart funding from the Federal Government for irrigation project in the country is in the sum of 44 million dollars.
