A former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, has commended the Federal Government’s effort to commence work on the over 38-year-old abandoned Biu Dam project in Borno State. The lawmaker, who spoke with journalists in Abuja on Friday said he got the assurance when he paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu.
He said the minister assured him that work would continue on the dam project in 2020 because it has been captured in the next year’s national budget. The Senator said that the move by the Federal Government would help solve the problem of water scarcity being faced by residents of the area and adjourning communities.
He said although the state government had paid its counterpart fund for the completion of the dam, the Federal Government over the years failed to meet up its part of the funding for the continuation of the project.
He said, “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.
