Jigawa State Dredges Hadejia River To Prevent Flood

The Jigawa State government, North-West Nigeria, says it has dredged about 60 kilometres of the Hadejia river and erected over 100 kilometre embankments to control flood in the state.

Gov. Umar Namadi said this while speaking with journalists in Dutse on Wednesday.

He said that as part of proactive measures to avert flooding, the state government procured two amphibious excavators while the Hadejia Jama’are River Basin Development Authority, HDRBDA, deployed two others to facilitate smooth execution of the project.

“Aquatic weeds removal tools have been procured and distributed to self groups in river side community across 13 local government areas for the removal of typhar grass and other weeds that blocked free flow of water.

“With measures taken to control flood and the provision of fertiliser and improved seedlings to our farmers at 40 per cent discount, it is our hope that farmers will record bumper harvest this year,” he said.

Statistics of the Jigawa Flood Control and Mitgation Committee showed that the 2022 flood affected 22 LGAs, submerged 1,554 villages, and 138,422.36 hectares of farmlands while 130 persons lost their lives in the state.

NAN/Shakirat Sadiq