Senator Rehabilitates Dam With N1.4bn

The Senator represent
ing Zamfara West constituency in the Senate, Ahmed Sani, said he spent N1.4 billion of his constituency fund on the rehabilitation of Bakalori Dam in the state.
The senator, who is a member of All Progressives Congress (APC), disclosed this in Gusau, on Wednesday, at a forum organised by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) council in the state for politicians contesting in the upcoming elections.
He expressed optimism that the effort would go a long way in revamping fishing and boost dry season farming in the state.
He said that the dam, which was constructed with the capacity to generate four megawatts of electricity, had remained underutilised.
Sani, who is also a former governor of the state disclosed that he spent another N250 million to establish earth dams in the six local government areas of his constituency.
He listed the local governments as Bakura, Bukkuyum, Maradun, Anka, Gummi and Talata-Mafara.
According to him, he committed the funds into the construction and rehabilitation of dams to enhance farming in the area.
On the forthcoming general elections, he lamented the reluctance of some eligible voters in collecting their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and appealed to them to do so before the commence of elections.