Research has shown that the Alau dam, located 20 kilometres outside Maiduguri, was constructed in 1986 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida for irrigation purposes, flood control, ...
Many people displaced by Alau Dam flood in Maiduguri have started leaving camps for their respective homes as the water receded in many areas of the city.
and the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), yet no concrete preemptive actions or flood management plan was put in place to safeguard life and property. Executive Director of RDI, Philip ...
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria, which was hit by the floods on September 10 following the collapse of the Alau Dam, remains ...