The Managing Director of Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority, Engineer Buhari Bature, has said the Goronyo Dam water level has depleted by 90 per cent and that this is the worst in the dam in over 25 years.
He explained that the water level was noted to have depleted by 90 percent of its installed one billion cubic meter capacity, and that the problem had affected water supply to water board and irrigation farming in Sokoto and Kebbi states.
Speaking when he conducted Sokoto Governor Aminu Tambuwal round the dam site, the SRRBDA MD attributed the prevailing situation to shortage of rainfall in 2017, climate change and lack of desilting of the dam.
In a remark after inspecting the dam, Governor Aminu Tambuwal described the depletion as alarming.
“The reservoir of Goronyo Dam was constructed to hold one billion cubic meter of water but as we’ve seen today, the water in it is just about 100 million cubic meter. This has resulted in inadequate supply to the water board and in effect, we had to resort to rationing water to the people,” he stated
He however said proactive measures had been taken to boost water supply to the people pending when the rains would come and increase the volume of water in the dam.
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Carrying last as usual!

Minus the low 2017 Rainfall, nothing else they said is tenable. And with the unduly large portion of the National Cake that ends up in Mallam's coffers, you would think they woulda made the North a paradise by now!

Wetin dem go come dey drink now? Best start learning to recycle your cattle-piss, maybe?