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Tuesday 6 June 2017

FG Begins Modalities to Develop Navigation Channel on River Niger

FG Begins Modalities to Develop Navigation Channel on River Niger

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The President Muhamamdu Buhari-led Federal Government has begun processes for promoting a proper channel for navigation and irrigation on the River Niger.

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While speaking in an interview with the newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, said that the Federal Government has begun processes for promoting a proper channel for navigation and irrigation on the River Niger.

The minister who made the disclosure, said that the project would be executed in partnership with the Hungarian Government to seek ways to introduce river training toward protecting the river banks and flood plains.

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Adamu said although this step was a huge infrastructure project that would take time, the ministry had commenced negotiations with the Hungarian experts. "Talking about flash flooding, rivers Niger and Benue are very long rivers.

"We are having floods all the time but the good news is what we are discussing with some foreign experts to look at the entire stretch of the River Niger, downstream Jebba and upstream of it, around Kebbi side to introduce river training.

"We are doing this so that we can protect the banks of the river and all the flood plains, and we will be able to farm without any serious problem.

"This is a huge infrastructure project that will take years; the study alone and design are going to take one year. We are still discussing, hopefully we will soon round up our negotiation with the Hungarian experts," the minister said.

Adamu said the ministry would seek funding for the project in partnership with the private sector and stressed that Nigeria ought to have proper areas for irrigation without being devastated by flooding.

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