By Gabriel Ewepu
ABUJA – THE Federal Government has announced plans to construct a new dam in Limpye, Ampang East District of Kanke Local Government Area, Plateau State, as part of efforts to improve water supply, irrigation, and power generation in the North-Central region.
According to a statement signed by Funmi Imuetinyan, Director, Information and Public Relations, the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Engr Joseph Utsev, FNSE, disclosed this on Monday when he led the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Engr. Prof. Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, FNSE, and the Director, Dams and Reservoir Operations/Director Overseeing the Office of the Permanent Secretary, Engr. Ali Ibrahim Dallah, FNSE and other technical experts on an assessment visit to the proposed dam site.
He also assured that the Mangu Dam in Pankshin Local Government Area, which is 90 per cent completed, would soon be completed and commissioned.
According to the Minister, the visit was undertaken on the directive of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to assess dams across the country and determine their condition for rehabilitation and development.
