August 21, 1986.
1,700 people and 3,000 herds of cattle and other livestock died after the
eruption of a volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon.
The Lake represents the biggest
ecological (flood) threat to Nigeria. This disaster, if allowed to occur, will
destroy several states in Nigeria especially Taraba, Benue, Cross River, Kogi
and Delta and it is imminent. (Think about Haiti for 1 Minute, that’s a real
Disaster there!) What did Jonathan do?
Yes
it his Job (Hian)! Were there not many other governments and Presidents in this
Country that did nothing about it? But no, he would not wickedly, or like the
others before him ignore the future’s ugly reality. President Jonathan
gave competent Female Minister Mrs. Sarah Ochekpe the go-ahead and approved
100% funding of $1bn for one of the country’s most ambitious Projects; the
Kashimbilla Multipurpose Buffer Dam Project which will not just prevent the
devastating flood but harness its potentials to become a Major Source of Life.
The
Dam presently at over 90% completion will now serve to ensure;
Water
Supply (60,000 Cu.m/Day), Irrigation (Net – 2,000Ha) and provide Electricity -
Hydropower generation: (40MW)
The
Scope of the Project covers: Construction of the Main Dam; Construction of Water
Treatment Plant; Construction of an Access Road; Construction of an
Hydropower Plant; Development of Irrigation Network; Construction of
Air Strip and Rehabilitation of Kashimbilla - Jato-Aka road (21km). Photos
below:
To
date, remarkable progress has been achieved in all the various parts of the
project. The
Kashimbilla Dam project is therefore a proactive preemptive response by the
Federal Government of Nigeria to the report of the United Nations Environmental
Programme (UNEP) of great catastrophe that might result from imminent collapse
of Lake Nyos.
What
should be done for a man who has done this much? Thank him and vote him again
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