The Senate Committee on Water Resources yesterday disclosed that about 400 abandoned Federal Government’s water projects are cited across the country.
The committee’s chairman, Bello Mandiya, announced this in a news brief with reporters after a budget defence with the Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu.
The senator said some of the water projects, as well as dams, were sited where dams cannot be built.
Mandiya said: “He (minister) met about 400 water projects scattered all over the country. What he did was to prioritise because some dams were even sited where dams cannot be constructed.
“He has been able to complete some and decided to complete 20 others from now till the end of his tenure. So, the ministry is very clear about this.
“If we compare and contrast between what this government has done with previous governments in the Water sector, you will realise that this government has done very well.”
Adamu decried the spate of abandoned dams across the country.
