Flooding: No Agreement With Cameroon On Dam Construction, Says FG
Written by City Radio on October 19, 2022
Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, on Wednesday, debunked reports that Nigeria entered into an agreement with Cameroon to build a dam that will mitigate flooding when water from the Lagdo Dam is released.
The minister stated this in Abuja at the Budget Defence with the Senate Committee on Water Resources.
He said there is no record of such an agreement but while the government is in the process of building the Dasin Dam to mitigate flooding from Cameroon’s Lagdo Dam, there are engineering concerns.
Adamu said Cameroon did not inform Nigeria about the release of water from the Lagdo Dam until 24 hours after it was released.
The minister further said the Lagdo Dam contributes only one percent to the flooding in Nigeria, even though sometimes the water is released without notice.
According to him, 80 percent of the floods in parts of Nigeria are as a result of ceaseless rainfalls.
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