Ndume Lauds FG Moves To Resume Work On Biu Dam Project

– Former Nigerian Senator, Ali Ndume said that the minister hints him that work will resume in Biu Dam

– Ndume said that the development would help solve the problem of water scarcity faced by residents in Biu and surrounding communities

– The dam will service residents who have over the years suffered immensely for lack of water

Ex Nigerian Senate Leader, Mohammed Ali Ndume has said that the minister of water told him that work would resume on the Biu Dam project in 2020, adding that it was already captured in the 2020 national budget.

The lawmaker, who spoke to newsmen in Abuja, said he got the hint when he visited the the Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Suleiman Adamu.

Ndume said that the development would help solve the problem of water scarcity faced by residents in Biu and surrounding communities.

“It is cheering to hear that the Biu Dam, a project that was awarded over 38 years ago but abandoned over the years, has been captured in the 2020 budget of the Federal Ministry of Water Resources.

“The first phase of the project was awarded to LeeFakino and re-awarded to Nalando Company recently but no work is going on there.

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“With this assurance from the minister, when completed, the dam will service residents who have over the years suffered immensely for lack of water.

“Biu, an agrarian community and other neighbouring communities have been subjected to untold hardship due to the continued abandonment of the dam project in spite of the huge socio-economic opportunities it will provide.

“The dam when completed will not only help in tackling perennial water shortage in the area but provide water for irrigation for the people, whose major occupation is farming,” he said.