• Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Education
  • Health
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
  • Login
No Result
View All Result
NEWSLETTER
Elanza News
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Education
  • Health
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Education
  • Health
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
No Result
View All Result
Elanza News
Home News

FG to raise reservoir level of Alau dam in Maiduguri

Nathaniel Irobi by Nathaniel Irobi
October 16, 2024
in News
0
FG to raise reservoir level of Alau dam in Maiduguri
0
SHARES
4
VIEWS
FacebookTwitterWhatsappEmailTelegram

RelatedPosts

UNICEF Engages Stakeholders On HPV Uptake In Sokoto

Northern Elders warn of flood disaster, seek government intervention

Local Govt to Enforce Enrolment into Health Insurance Scheme Before Marriage

The Federal Government is to overhaul the Alau dam in Maiduguri with special focus on raising its reservoir level and fixing damages resulting from the Sept. 9 disaster, an official has disclosed.

Director, Dams and Reservoir Operations, in the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation, Mr Ali Dala, disclosed this on Wednesday in Maiduguri when he led a team from various ministries on an assessment visit to the dam.

Damages to the facility had resulted into a devastating flood that claimed several lives and destroyed lots of properties in the Borno capital.

Dala, after assessing the dam, told newsmen that the purpose of the visit was to evaluate the facility, adding that other critical dams having similar challenges would eequally be assessed.

“President Bola Tinubu has approved an Inter-Ministrial Technical Committee for re-evaluation of dams in Nigeria.

“The membership is drawn from the works, housing, environment, budget, finance and information ministries.

“The Office of the National Security Adviser is also part of the team.

“This committee was formed as a result of the flood disaster that hit Maiduguri when the Alau dam collapsed.

“In the North-East, we are planning to look at the Giri Dam; we did some study that revealed to us that the sedimentation level of about 40 per cent of the life storage of that dam requires urgent attention.

“It is critical for us to do something about it because the available water will not be able to meet the needs it was originally planned for.

ALSO READ:  Supreme Court Judgment: Kano Police Command Deploy Armed Personnel For Safety

“We are also going to look at Dadin Kowa dam as it is equally critical.

“In the south, we shall look at Ogbese Multipurpose dam in Ekiti, Oyan dam in Abeokuta, Egbo dam and Adada dam in Enugu.

“We shall also assess Obudu dam in Cross Rivers and Nkari dam in Akwa Ibom.

“We will also be looking at the Bakolori dam in Sokoto State because studies show that it has good sediment level that needs to be dissilted; we will look at that, write a report and make sure that the dam is dissilted.

“We are starting with Alau dam because of what happened recently. The federal government is planning to do the needful within the shortest time to avoid a recurrence of the Sept. 9 disaster,” he said.

He assured Nigerians that funds would not be a problem in the execution of the dam projects.
“The President has approved the release of funds for the execution of these projects through Disaster Release Funds,” Dala said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that Alau dam, located about 12km away from Maiduguri metropolis, was built in 1984 and has a capacity for 112 cubic meters of water per day.
It accounts for about 40 per cent of water needs of Maiduguri residents and neighbouring communities. (NAN)

Nathaniel Irobi

Nathaniel Irobi

Related Posts

UNICEF Engages Stakeholders On HPV Uptake In Sokoto

UNICEF Engages Stakeholders On HPV Uptake In Sokoto

by Nathaniel Irobi
July 22, 2025
0

By Ankeli Emmanuel, Sokoto The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with Sokoto State ministry of health with support...

Northern Elders warn of flood disaster, seek government intervention

Northern Elders warn of flood disaster, seek government intervention

by Ojimaojo Abubakar
July 22, 2025
0

By Abubakar Yunusa The Northern Elders Forum (NEF), has issued an urgent call to the Federal Government to take swift...

Local Govt to Enforce Enrolment into Health Insurance Scheme Before Marriage

Local Govt to Enforce Enrolment into Health Insurance Scheme Before Marriage

by Nathaniel Irobi
July 22, 2025
0

The chairman of Kudan LGA of Kaduna, Dauda Abba, has proposed a requirement for would-be couples to present the Kaduna...

Recommended

Saudi Arabia’s ‘Sleeping Prince’ Passes Away After Two Decades in Coma

Saudi Arabia’s ‘Sleeping Prince’ Passes Away After Two Decades in Coma

3 days ago
Matawalle was never defeated — he was denied: APC group tackles Dauda Lawal

Matawalle was never defeated — he was denied: APC group tackles Dauda Lawal

5 days ago

Popular News

  • CDS’s Wife, Shehu Sani, Katung, Other’s To Storm Pastor Mutum’s Ordination, Book Launch

    CDS’s Wife, Shehu Sani, Katung, Other’s To Storm Pastor Mutum’s Ordination, Book Launch

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Bwari Council Chairmanship Aspirant, Dara, Dumps Labour Party Over Suspected Foul Play In Primaries

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Kaduna Baptist Church Donates N50,000 Each To 12 Muslims, 4 Retired Pastors

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Innoson, Ibeto, Apostle Alozie To Honour Archbishop Emma David At Golden Jubilee Celebration

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Bannon Tried to Use Iran Strike to Split the GOP Says Former Counselor to Jared Kushner, Eliyahu Okkon, Esq.

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0

Connect with us

Facebook Instagram Twitter Youtube
Elanza logo

Elanza News is your NO 1 online platform for all news update.
#SayNoToFakeNews
Contact Us

Category

  • Arts & Literature (25)
  • Business (748)
  • Education (217)
  • Entertainment (311)
  • Health (195)
  • National (2,212)
  • News (8,271)
  • Opinion (307)
  • Politics (1,635)
  • Science (15)
  • Security (406)
  • Sports (444)

Newsletter

© 2023 Elanza News - The No 1 online news platform

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Science
  • National
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • Health

© 2023 Elanza News - The No 1 online news platform