The federal government has approved the sum of N80 billion for the rehabilitation and expansion of the Alau Dam in Maiduguri, Borno State, to check the incidences of flooding in the state.
The Minister of Water Resources, Joseph Utsev, disclosed this after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday.
The minister told newsmen that the inter-ministerial committee that was set up in September 2024 for the evaluation of dams in Nigeria had submitted its interim report to the federal government.