The Ikere Gorge Dam is a major earth-fill dam in Iseyin local government area of Oyo State in the south west of Nigeria on the Ogun River. Reservoir capacity is 690 million m3. The dam was initiated by the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo and started in 1983 by the administration of Shehu Shagari. The dam was planned to generate 37.5 MW of electricity, to supply water to local communities and to Lagos and to irrigate 12,000 hectares of land. Built in 1982/1983, work on the dam was abandoned by subsequent military governments. A report for the UN in 2004 said that no irrigation had taken place so far, but efforts were being made to implement one of the five planned irrigation projects. The project was based on the sprinkler system which is difficult to manage and requires that the farmers be trained. (Wikipedia)

Very unfortunate, the dam has since abandoned with no work started on it. Reports have it that all equipment necessary for generating the hydro power for the benefit of the citizens are deployed there already over past two decades and can take just only 3 months for completion.

The dam can provide over 1000 direct job through fishing. The dam if judiciously use can serve as irrigation for over 12,000 hectares of land among others uses. See the video for more uses of the dam if resurrected.

We call on the Federal Government of Nigeria, Oyo state Government & Ministers of Power, work and Agriculture to see to this.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3IBhZRwhxk

Lukgaf:
The Ikere Gorge Dam is a major earth-fill dam in Iseyin local government area of Oyo State in the south west of Nigeria on the Ogun River. Reservoir capacity is 690 million m3. The dam was initiated by the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo and started in 1983 by the administration of Shehu Shagari. The dam was planned to generate 37.5 MW of electricity, to supply water to local communities and to Lagos and to irrigate 12,000 hectares of land. Built in 1982/1983, work on the dam was abandoned by subsequent military governments. A report for the UN in 2004 said that no irrigation had taken place so far, but efforts were being made to implement one of the five planned irrigation projects. The project was based on the sprinkler system which is difficult to manage and requires that the farmers be trained. (Wikipedia)

Very unfortunate, the dam has since abandoned with no work started on it. Reports have it that all equipment necessary for generating the hydro power for the benefit of the citizens are deployed there already over past two decades and can take just only 3 months for completion.

The dam can provide over 1000 direct job through fishing. The dam if judiciously use can serve as irrigation for over 12,000 hectares of land among others uses. See the video for more uses of the dam if resurrected.

We call on the Federal Government of Nigeria, Oyo state Government & Ministers of Power, work and Agriculture to see to this.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3IBhZRwhxk

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seyi makinde in one of his electioneering campaign said that he will revisit the dam site in his government.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKm7Et1H6UU

they have been destroying this country since 1960s....imagine a 1983 project still not completed in 2019 and I'm sure they will have taken the money

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Isn't Ikere in Ekiti state?

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Afonjas will still blame Goodluck Jonathan for this and leave their corrupt political, religious and traditional leaders.


All Tinibu knows is how to use bullion van to transport money from Banks to his house then share N500 to the people he deprived good leadership

Is04970:
Isn't Ikere in Ekiti state?

The ikere gorge dam in question is located in Oyo state, around Iseyin.

The dam has been damned...

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Afonjas and their wicked fore fathers

This country self. Only God can help us.

Subsequent GOVERNMENT ::

Buhari(northerner) - babangida(northerner) - shonekan (IG-6MONTHS...shonekan is out of the equation) - Abacha(northerner) - abdusalam (northerner ) - OBASANJO(southerner(YORUBA) no tangible development to this dam) - yar'adua (northerner) - Jonathan (SOUTHERNER- no developmental project in his state talk more of other southern part... Almajiri was his only achievement in power )


Go and look at the projects all the southern president That we got did :: all located in the north yet we say Hausa is our problem.

I think we SOUTHERNERS deserve THIS HOT SLAP

MTCHEEW

It was abandoned by subsequent military administrators after the late Shagari regime..

Simply put, BUHARI'S ADMINISTRATION ABANDONED THAT PROJECT..

EVERY GOOD THING DIES IN HIS HANDS

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Ghana has only one dam and yet it contributes 50% of their total power generation. They also have 24 hours of electricity. Nigeria has a dam but abandoned it. lol

gideon1971:
OK, oooo

Listed as one of the major projects to be carried out by Gov Seyi Makinde when he takes over.. I pray he does not fail