The minister is to coordinate with the ministries of environment and transportation as well as state governments to develop the plan.
“But it is not the main reason we have floods in this country — 80 per cent of the floods in this country is water that we are blessed with from God from the sky,” he said.
Mr Adamu said that the present administration inherited many uncompleted projects when it came into power in 2015.
The policy is part of the government’s efforts to solve the water quality problems, standards and monitoring in Nigeria.
Overflow of the Tiga Dam on September 8, destroyed farmlands, roads, houses and displaced residents in the areas.
“We are taking water from the Congo Basin and transferring it to another 400km into Chad. It is technically feasible,” Mr Adamu explained. “But it is very expensive.”
“Federal government is not going to be giving out its monies anyhow anymore because we are not seeing the results in some places,” Suleiman Adamu declared.
Mr Adamu refuted allegations that the bill is targeted at grabbing the land and waterways of states.
The project, awarded on September 20, 2010, at a total cost of N79.53 billion with a completion period of 30 months, was reviewed on May 19, 2019.
The presidential aide said the conference aims to take action to ensure that land, the lifeline on the planet, continues to benefit present and future generations.
