The Federal Government is making arrangements to generate electricity from the Kiri Dam located in Shelleng, Adamawa State.
Currently serving as a major water reservoir, the dam provides essential water for irrigating the sugarcane plantations at Dangote Sugar Refinery in Numan.
This initiative aims to boost the dam’s utility by integrating it into the nation's power generation infrastructure.
Indications emerged on Friday that the Federal Government has begun moves to ensure the utilization of the dam to generate electricity. The move is in line with a bid to expand the sources of electricity for the country’s economy
During a facility tour of the dam to ascertain its integrity, the Director of Dams and Reservoir Operations of the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation, Ali Dalla, said the government has started a retrofitting exercise to update the dam for power generation.
“We have found out that the dam is capable of generating electricity. By the time the study is completed, further information will be revealed about the capacity of the power to be generated,” Ali Dalla said.
Dalla, expressing optimism about the integrity of the dam, said even after more than 40 years in existence, the dam is still in good shape.