The National Economic Council, Nigeria’s highest economic advisory body, on Thursday, recommended the inclusion of the South East and South-South in the construction of dams.
The council also backed an earlier Federal Government directive mandating the Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation to commence a comprehensive integrity test of Nigeria’s waterways and dams to mitigate flooding.
Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, revealed this after the 144th meeting of the council chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the State House, Abuja.
Soludo said the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Joseph Utsev, had briefed members of the council on the government’s interventions after the disastrous impact of this year’s floods.
The ministry had earlier identified 148 local government areas in the country spanning 31 states as high-flood-risk areas from April to November 2024.
According to Soludo, after receiving the presentation from the minister, NEC resolved that “the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation should conduct an integrity review of all the waterways and dams across the country.”
