Nigeria: Officials to Extend River Niger Dredging

According to chairman of Senate committee on environment and ecology, Senator Bukola Saraki, the River Niger dredging project will be extended to Jebba.

This extension of the dredging program to the Kwara State is in order to check the perennial floods in Patigi and Edu Local Government Areas of the state, stated Saraki.

He also assured the flooded communities in this region that his committee would ensure timely completion of the project.

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Dredging Today Staff, October 30, 2012