NEC orders audit of Nigeria’s waterways, dams
The National Economic Council, NEC, on Thursday directed the Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation to commence a comprehensive integrity review of Nigeria’s waterways and dams.
The move is intended to mitigate the ravaging impact of flooding in the country.
Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo disclosed this while briefing State House Correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja after the NEC meeting presided over by Vice President Kashim Shettima.
He said that the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation Professor Joseph Utsev had briefed members of NEC on the Federal Government’s intervention activities across the country regarding the impact of this year’s flooding which has become a major national disaster.
The Water Resources Ministry had earlier identified 148 local government areas in the country spanning 31 States as high flood-risk areas for 2024 beginning from April to November
