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Posts tagged with "River Benue"

I am sure Peter Obi has observed from his recent visit to Egypt that whoever becomes Nigeria's next president needs to build about 10 new hydro-electric power plants with a capacity of about 1,000MW each African News

I am sure Peter Obi has observed from his recent visit to Egypt that whoever becomes Nigeria's next president needs to build about 10 new hydro-electric power plants with a capacity of about 1,000MW each

Ayo Akinfe Idah in Kogi State - River Niger Lokoja in Kogi State - River Niger Kaduna in Kaduna State - River Kaduna Illah in Delta State - River Niger Yola in Adamawa State - River Benue Lau in Taraba State - River Benue Makurdi in Benue State - River Benue Sagbama in Bayelsa State - River Niger Birnin Kebbi in Kebbi...
This is a picture of Ahmadu Bello being taken to visit the proposed site of Kainji Dam in 1964 just before work commenced. We need President Buhari to visit similar proposed power projects today such as African News

This is a picture of Ahmadu Bello being taken to visit the proposed site of Kainji Dam in 1964 just before work commenced. We need President Buhari to visit similar proposed power projects today such as

Ayo Akinfe A 10,000MW hydro-electric power plant at the confluence of the Rivers Niger and Benue in Lokoja An 830km coastal wind farm stretching from Badagry to Calabar A 5,000MW gas-fired plant in Bonny An Usman Dan Fodio Solar farm stretching across Zamfara, Kebbi and Sokoto states An El-Kanemi Solar Farm stretching across...
It is not by accident that Nigeria is the world's largest black nation and occupies the centre of the earth. I often wonder why we do not consider ourselves God's special chosen people African News

It is not by accident that Nigeria is the world's largest black nation and occupies the centre of the earth. I often wonder why we do not consider ourselves God's special chosen people

By Ayo Akinfe Africa is in the middle of the world and Nigeria is in the middle of Africa. If you actually look at a map of Africa, the continent is shaped like a gum and Nigeria is exactly where the trigger should be In terms of landmass, Nigeria is only number 14 in Africa. Yet we have the largest population and the biggest...
Nigeria desperately needs an Environmental and Climate Change Bill to address the following challenges  African News

Nigeria desperately needs an Environmental and Climate Change Bill to address the following challenges 

Ayo Akinfe Incessant erosion in the southeast geo-political zone Encroaching desertification in the northeast and northwest The advancing Atlantic Ocean in Lagos The River Benue over-flooding its banks every year The reckless use of generators and the diesel fumes this releases into the atmosphere We need to end gas flaring...
To get out of our current economic rot we need a transport policy that will address the millions of dollars being lost to traffic congestion across Nigeria African News

To get out of our current economic rot we need a transport policy that will address the millions of dollars being lost to traffic congestion across Nigeria

Ayo Akinfe A high speed rail network to be constructed across the country over the next 20 years linking all 36 states Road maintenance is to be given back to the states. The Federal Ministry of Works will ensure funds are disbursed to state governments to cater for stretches that fall within their domains From henceforth,...
Nigeria has 853 km of Atlantic coastline but alas we ate not tapping into its economic potential as there is no coherent marine policy in place African News

Nigeria has 853 km of Atlantic coastline but alas we ate not tapping into its economic potential as there is no coherent marine policy in place

Ayo Akinfe Build an 830km Atlantic windmill wall along our coast from Badagry to Calabar. We should set ourselves a target of generating at least 5,000MW from this project Build a 25,000MW hydro-electricity power plant at the confluence of the Rivers Niger and Benue in Lokoja. This will involve the creation of an artificial Lake...
10 state governments who need to woo investors to build hydro-electric power plants with adjoining transmission facilities that can distribute at least 1,000MW of power African News

10 state governments who need to woo investors to build hydro-electric power plants with adjoining transmission facilities that can distribute at least 1,000MW of power

Ayo Akinfe (1) Kogi - At the River Niger/Benue confluence at Lokoja (2) Ogun - Along the Ogun River on the outskirts of Abeokuta (3) Kaduna - At the Matsirga Waterfalls (4) Anambra - On the Anambra River at Agulu (5) Adamawa - Along the River Benue at Yola (6) Delta - On the banks of the River Niger at Illah (7) Osun - Along the...
Nigerian Flood Control Bill 2020 Headline

Nigerian Flood Control Bill 2020

Ayo Akinfe (1) The federal government shall build six new dams on the rivers Niger and Benue to create artificial lakes to avoid the rivers breaking their banks (2) All state governments must build similar dams on the major waterways in their territories such as River Kaduna, Ogun River, Owena River, River Anambra, Imo River,...
Dredging our major rivers could double Nigeria’s agricultural output overnight African News

Dredging our major rivers could double Nigeria’s agricultural output overnight

Ayo Akinfe (1) Is there any agency in Nigeria dealing with the issue of silt in our rivers? (2) Across the far northern tip of Nigeria, farmland is being eroded by desert encroachment (3) Large parts of southeast Nigeria are made up of soft clay soil not suitable for agriculture and prone to erosion (4) If we dredged just...
 

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