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Balarabe Abbas Lawal. Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) is a World Bank assisted project aimed at addressing the Nigerian gully erosion crisis in Southeastern Nigeria and land degradation in Northern Nigeria on a multi-dimensional scale. [ 1] This project was born out of the request for assistance made by President ...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is a federal government agency established by former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo in the year 2000, with the sole mandate of developing the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria. [ 1] In September 2008, President Umaru Yar'Adua announced the formation of a Niger Delta Ministry, with the ...
Costain West Africa is a building and civil engineering firm founded in Nigeria in 1948. Notably, it was the first building and civil engineering firm to be listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. [ 1] The company has undertaken various significant projects, including the construction of the 140-meter-high NECOM house, which was built over loose ...
The World Bank has completed seven water projects since 1985 and had three on-going projects in 2010. Total investment for the 10 projects is about US$1.4 billion. The First Urban Water Reform Project (US$120 million) targets 13 towns in the states of Kaduna, Ogun and Enugu. The project also aims to establish state water policies, and to foster ...
The Second Niger bridge is a Nigerian Federal Government project that is 1.6 km (0.99 mi) long and furnished with other ancillary infrastructure including a 10.3 km (6.4 mi) highway, Owerri interchange and a toll station all at Obosi city near Onitsha, inaugurated in March 2022. [ 1][ 2] It opened for local traffic on December 15, 2022.
6 m 3 /d) Akpo fields was discovered in 2000, and is located in ultra deep water of Nigeria. Situated on OML 130 which is approximately 200 kilometres (124 mi) from Port Harcourt, Akpo's water depths range from 1,100 to 1,700 metres (3,600 to 5,600 feet). A gas and condensate field, Akpo is operated by Total, holding a 24% interest in the project.
6 m 3 /d) Diameter. 36 in (914 mm) The Escravos–Lagos Pipeline System ( ELPS) is a natural gas pipeline built in 1989 to supply gas from Escravos region of Niger Delta area to Egbin power station near Lagos in Nigeria. Subsequent spur lines from the ELP supply Delta power plant at Ughelli, Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company at Ekpan, Uvwie.
Kano River Project is a modern integrated agricultural land use development in Northern Nigeria. River Kano also locally called Kogin Kano. The project is a large scale irrigation project developed under the authority of Hadejia-Juma’are River Basin Development Authority. [ 1] The project was started in 1971, and the initial research was ...