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The EU supports a Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Reform Programme in six states ( Anambra, Cross River, Jigawa, Kano, Osun and Yobe) with 87 million Euros grant funding. The Nigerian state, at all three levels of government, and local communities are expected to contribute another 31 million Euros.
The Federal Ministry of Water Reso [5] urces aims to provide sustainable access to safe and sufficient water to meet the cultural and socio-economic needs of all Nigerians, while enhancing public health, food security, and poverty reduction. The ministry also strives to maintain the integrity of the freshwater ecosystem of the nation.
The Niger Dams Project, [ 1] is a series of three dams and reservoirs built in the second half of the 20th century in Kwara, Niger, and Kebbi states, northwestern Nigeria, on the Niger and Kaduna rivers. The first of the dams was built at Kainji in 1969. Its reservoir, Kainji Lake, supports irrigation and fishing projects in the states in which ...
Kainji Dam is a dam across the Niger River in Niger State of Central Nigeria. [1] Construction of the dam by Impregilo (a consortium of Italian civil engineering contractors) began in 1964 and was completed in 1968. [2] Its total cost was estimated at US$209 million (equivalent to about US$1.5 billion in 2023 dollars [3] ), with one-quarter of ...
The project was approved by the board on May 8, 2012, and commenced operation on September 16, 2013, with the appointment of Amos Abu, Ruth Jane Kennedy-Walker, Grant Milne as team leaders, the federal ministry of environment as the implementing agency and a total project cost of US$650 million and committed amount by World Bank of US$500 million. it is an 8-year project, expected to end on ...
The electricity sector in Nigeria generates, transmits and distributes megawatts (MW) of electric power that is significantly less than what is needed to meet basic household and industrial needs. Nigeria has twenty-three (23) power-generating plants connected to the national grid with the capacity to generate 11,165.4 MW of electricity. [ 1 ...
riversstate-mwrrd .com. The Rivers State Ministry of Water Resources and Rural Development ( RSMWRRD) is a government ministry of Rivers State, Nigeria entrusted with the management of water resources and promotion of socio-economic development of rural areas in the state. The ministry was formed in 1995 and has its current headquarters in the ...
Transport in Nigeria. Nigeria’s transport network has expanded in recent years to accommodate a growing population. The transport and storage sector was valued at N2.6trn ($6.9bn) in current basic prices in 2020, down from N3trn ($8bn) in 2019, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This was reflected in a lower contribution to ...