Nigeria: Govt Mulls Cheaper Solution to Recharge Drying Lake Chad

16 January 2018

Abuja — The Federal Government may be considering cheaper options to recharge Lake Chad Basin other than the initial plan of transferring water from River Congo to the Basin.

Initial report has it that the country may require $15 million to recharge the lake and prevent it from shrinking, but the Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu said that government may have to find workable solutions that may be cheaper than the inter basin water transfer.

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