Nigeria, March 27 -- The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has called for the revitalisation of two irrigation projects in his state to improve food security in the country.

Mr Zulum disclosed this to journalists after meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja.

The projects - South Chad and Yauri irrigations - have been threatened by the Boko Haram insurgency in the northeastern state.

"Now that we are having relative peace in Borno State, there's need for the government to ensure reestablishment of South Chad irrigation project," Mr Zulum told journalists.

The South Chad irrigation project, he said, has the "potential to produce food to cater for the needs of the entire northern Nigeria or I can say even the en...