 The federal government has commissioned a 3.5 million cubic water capacity dam that would power at least 150 hectares of irrigation farmland in Oumu, Iran, and local government area of Quarra State in a pilot irrigation program for Quarra South Sanitorial District. The federal government has thrown lower Niger river basin authority, allowing commissions similar dam in several local governments for similar irrigation projects in Quarra North Sanitorial District. Speaking of the commissioning in the area, the Minister of Water Resources, engineer Suleymana Demu was represented by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, D.D. Wilson, Jackson and Co. people of the community take up the advantage of the potential of the dam to boost food security and create jobs for themselves. With the commissioning of this project, the good and peace-loving people of the Oumuara community will be able to engage in year-round farming activities. The community's food production will increase while income generation will be enhanced due to increase in farm yield. This, we believe, would bring about a general positive change in the overall socio-economic well-being of the people in the community and Nigeria as a whole. With the commissioning of this, I see great progress in this combination of dams, that is the dam for water supply, and irrigation scheme, and I urge the people of Oumuara to leverage on its potential for socio-economic development, including provision of more food and to attract investors and to create more jobs. I see great progress.