WorldStage Newsonline-- Federal Government of Nigeria has announced that it has completed the construction of 37 large dams, rehabilitated 10 while 149 are under construction across the country.

The Minister of Water Resources, Mrs. Sarah Ochekpe in a statement said that the ministry engaged in the construction, operation and maintenance of dams nationwide to impound raw water for potable water supply, hydropower, irrigation, fishery development, flood control, tourism and recreation.

“The Ministry, in the last four years completed 37 large dams of various sizes, rehabilitated 10 dams, while the construction works on 149 dams of various capacities are on-going across the country,” the statement said.

The Minister said out of the 37 completed dams, 16 were with hydropower potentials capable of generating 135.15 Megawatts of electricity.

Ochekpe said that when the construction of all the dams are completed, the water impounded in the nation’s dams would be increased by 3.6 billion cubic meters

Ochekpe further said that some existing dams including the breached Goronyo Dam emergency spillway in Sokoto, Alau Dam in Borno, Tiga and Chalawa Gorge dams in Kano, Hadejia Barrage in Hadejia as well as other dams in many states have been rehabilitated for more optimal operation.

Speaking on Kashimbila multipurpose dam, the Minister said that the dam was intended to control likely flood from the imminent collapse of lake Nyos upstream in Cameroon and it had recorded 87 per cent completion status.

She added that the procurement of the works on the proposed Datsin Hausa Dam that would address the issues of flooding as a result of uncontrolled releases of water from Lagdo Dam in Cameroon is currently under review.
Source: http://www.m.worldstagegroup.com/readnews.php?&id=18859&active=news

Old news. Published November last year.

No power in those dams

We won't allow general taking us back to our old way of governance... GEJ till 2019!!!