Construct more earth dams to avert perennial flooding – Yobe Assembly

Yobe State House of Assembly has called on the executive arm of government to construct more earth dams to utilize the abundant rain water for irrigation farming activities.

The House made the call in a motion of urgent public importance moved by members representing Bade West and Geidam central Hon. Bukar Mustapha and Hon. Sanda Kara Bade, respectively, as well as other members of the House.

The members who spoke at length on the importance of constructing the dams, said it will assist farmers to engage in irrigation farming to reduce the hardship being experienced as a result of flood that destroyed many farm lands and properties worth millions of naira.

In another development, the House has received a report of its standing committee on works on the first and second quarter 2024 budget performance of the ministry of works and its agencies.

Presenting the report, the chairman of the committee, Hon. Adamu Dala Dogo said the committee had paid oversight visits to sites for the ongoing construction and rehabilitation of roads, as well as drainages at various locations to ensure quality projects are executed at all levels.

Dogo said the committee has tasked the state ministry of works to direct all the contractors that have completed their projects to ensure they rehabilitate some potholes being observed on the roads before payment of their retention fees.

Presiding over the sitting, the speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Chiroma Buba Mashio commended the committee for a job well done and called on the members to carefully study the report for possible consideration in the next legislative session.

Construct more earth dams to avert perennial flooding – Yobe Assembly