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large precipitation events (World Commission on Dams 2015). The upstream debris
dams and sediment basins can help trap coarse-grained sediment before it reaches
the dam. River basins can be dredged periodically at less cost than large reservoir
dredging.
4.7.2 Integrated Watershed Management (Sokoto River Rima Basin
Development Authority-SRRBDA)
Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority should be encouraged to develop
and implement a sophisticated Watershed-based Management Program for Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS), based on the dams within its jurisdiction,
involving collaboration among several state agencies. The program should be built
on a planning and management framework with stakeholder involvement, which is
essential because it is the stakeholders who are responsible for developing watershed
assessment, establishing goals, identifying necessary actions and costs, preparing a
watershed plan, and securing resources needed to execute on it. This process must
be closely monitored by the SRRBDA, under the authority of the Federal Ministry
of Water Resources in the capital of Abuja, Nigeria. Relevant stakeholders for the
Goronyo Dam include
Bilateral and Multilateral Organizations
i. Niger Basin Authority (NBA)
ii. IAEA-UNESCO-GEF Regional Project on Development of Water Resources of
the trans-boundary Iullemeden Aquifer System
iii. UNICEF: Water Supply and Sanitation Projects
iv. World Bank: Water Supply and Irrigation Projects
v. African Development Bank (AfDB)
Nigeria Federal Level:
i. Federal Ministry of Agriculture
ii. Federal Ministry of Environment
iii. Federal Ministry of Water Resources—Implementing and Coordinating
Capacity.
State Level:
State Water Boards (SWBs)/Corporations or Utility Boards for water supply
schemes, including the development and Operation & Maintenance (O & M) of
the schemes.
Areas of Collaboration:
i. Various stakeholders should provide relief material and supports (which include
seedlings for agricultural purposes, technological support with information from
extreme weather events, water pumps and credit facility, etc.) to the farmers
affected by the shortage of water from Goronyo Dam who have suffered loss
of farmlands and food crops with a view towards rehabilitating their shattered
lives;
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large precipitation events (World Commission on Dams 2015). The upstream debris
dams and sediment basins can help trap coarse-grained sediment before it reaches
the dam. River basins can be dredged periodically at less cost than large reservoir
dredging.
4.7.2 Integrated Watershed Management (Sokoto River Rima Basin
Development Authority-SRRBDA)
Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority should be encouraged to develop
and implement a sophisticated Watershed-based Management Program for Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS), based on the dams within its jurisdiction,
involving collaboration among several state agencies. The program should be built
on a planning and management framework with stakeholder involvement, which is
essential because it is the stakeholders who are responsible for developing watershed
assessment, establishing goals, identifying necessary actions and costs, preparing a
watershed plan, and securing resources needed to execute on it. This process must
be closely monitored by the SRRBDA, under the authority of the Federal Ministry
of Water Resources in the capital of Abuja, Nigeria. Relevant stakeholders for the
Goronyo Dam include
Bilateral and Multilateral Organizations
i. Niger Basin Authority (NBA)
ii. IAEA-UNESCO-GEF Regional Project on Development of Water Resources of
the trans-boundary Iullemeden Aquifer System
iii. UNICEF: Water Supply and Sanitation Projects
iv. World Bank: Water Supply and Irrigation Projects
v. African Development Bank (AfDB)
Nigeria Federal Level:
i. Federal Ministry of Agriculture
ii. Federal Ministry of Environment
iii. Federal Ministry of Water Resources—Implementing and Coordinating
Capacity.
State Level:
State Water Boards (SWBs)/Corporations or Utility Boards for water supply
schemes, including the development and Operation & Maintenance (O & M) of
the schemes.
Areas of Collaboration:
i. Various stakeholders should provide relief material and supports (which include
seedlings for agricultural purposes, technological support with information from
extreme weather events, water pumps and credit facility, etc.) to the farmers
affected by the shortage of water from Goronyo Dam who have suffered loss
of farmlands and food crops with a view towards rehabilitating their shattered
lives;