Zulum begs FG to rebuild Borno Alau Dam
By Tada Juthan, Maiduguri Maiduguri
Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has urged the federal government to rebuild the collapsed Alau Dam in supplying potable water to the Maiduguri Metropolitan Council.
According to him, the breakdown of the three dykes of dam in the recent floods, has destroyed many lives and properties last September.Zulum raised the alarm, on Monday, in Maiduguri, while receivingSeptember. sment and Investigation Report (AIR) on the collapsed Dam.
He noted that four months into the next rainy season, the Federal Ministry of Water Resoudam and Sanitation needs to speed up efforts to rebuild the collapsed dam.
Limited time in fixing the washed-off dykes,” he said, warning that the earlier the rebuilding commences, the better for residents and farm”We’vers that rely on the waters from Dam.
Expediting the rebuild a 38-year dam, Zulum said: “The state government shall push this matter to the federal government,” warning that if there is nOn arebuild of will meet d beg President Bola Tinubu to allow the North East Development Commission (NEDC) to take over in reconstructing the action, he fowarned: “If we decide to wait for bureaucracy, I am afraid we will run out of time in rebuilding this dam.”. Meanwhile, he said that the committee inaugurHeted by the state government had taken measures in stopping water from spilling from the dam.
Despite the limited resources, he pledged to partner with the federal government in ensuring that such flood disasters not occur again in the state.
