LAGDO DAM IN CAMEROON CAUSING DEVASTATING FLOODING IN NIGERIA, OVER 300 DEAD

 

 

Lagdo damn, comunities in Benue, Adamawa, Taraba, Anambra, Rivers, Bayelsa, Nasarawa and other states have also been devastated by the flooding that has destroyed many homes and lives in Kogi state.

  Lagdo Damn, located in Northern Cameroon the construction began  In 1977,    and was completed in 1982. 

Initially, the Cameroonian and Nigerian Government's had agreed to build two dams so that when excess water is released from the Lagdo dam, it will be contained by the Nigerian dam which would be two and a half times bigger and won't result in flooding 

However, the Nigerian Government agreed to construct the Dasin Hausa Dam in Adamawa State to lessen the impact of any potential flooding from the Lagdo dam in Cameroon.

But regrettably, the Dasin Hausa dam has not been completed since 1982 and this has led to the yearly flooding in Nigeria.

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