River Basin Authorities in Nigeria

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River Basin Development Authorities in Nigeria are government agencies involved in the management of water resources for agriculture and other uses. Each authority operates in an assigned geo-morphological and political boundary and work to improve agriculture and rural development through irrigation, control of river pollution and also to assist farmers in processing food crops. [1]

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River basin authorities operations have been influenced by Nigeria's economic and political changes, ten years after they were established their impact has been minimal. [2]

Background

Concerns about sustainable food production in Nigeria after the Sahel drought of the early 1970s and a decline in agricultural output following Nigeria's oil boom led to ideas about investing in sustainable food production and managing water resources. Plans were then developed to create government agencies spread out within the country based on the drainage systems of various rivers. In 1973, two river basin authorities were established for Sokoto River and Lake Chad basin. [3]

In 1976, the law establishing the River Basin Development Authorities listed eleven agencies with the mandate to develop water resources to boost agricultural productions. [1] Water resource management to support irrigable crops was one of the crucial mandates of the river basin authorities. [4]

When a democratic administration came into power in 1979, improved capital expenditure was allocated to the river basin authorities, some of which were in states controlled by the opposition but political consideration in choice of contractors and board personnel.

In 1984, new basin authorities were created for each state, an increase to 19 from the original eleven basins. However, this restructuring did not last as a new regime reverted to the previous eleven.

The river basin authorities

Source: [1]

List Of Directors for All states River basin Authority

NAME - DESIGNATION

Michael Nwabufo - Managing Director Michael Nwachukwu  - Director Engineering Nweze Obasi-  Director Agricultural Services Benjamin Aneke-  Director Planning and Design Ngozi Uche  -Director Finance and Administration

NAME - DESIGNATION

Saliu Ahmed - Managing Director Modupe Olalemi  - Director Engineering Agbetuyi Bamidele  - Director Agricultural Services Olumese Charles  - Director Planning and Design Akinya Folorunsho Samson - Director Finance and Administration

NAME -DESIGNATION

Abba Garba  Managing Director Babagana Uroma  Director Engineering Abdul Tashikalma  Director Agricultural Services Modu Surum  Director Planning and Design Falmata Maina Dalatu  Director Finance and Administration

NAME - DESIGNATION

Bassey Nkposong -  Managing Director Esin Winston Mosembe -  Director Engineering U.A. Essien  - Director Agricultural Services I.I. Udoh -  Director Planning and Design Okpata Egbe  - Director Finance and Administration

NAME - DESIGNATION

Ado Khalid Abdullahi  - Managing Director Abubakar Mohammed  - Director Engineering Ma’amun Da’u Aliyu  - Director Agricultural Services Mohammed Umar Kura  - Director Planning and Design Mohammed Awwal Wada  - Director Finance and Administration

NAME - DESIGNATION

Mahmoud Adra  - Managing Director Mathias Udoyi-   Director Engineering Samuel Ochai  - Director Agricultural Services Emmanuel Yepwi  - Director Planning and Design Richard Ndidi  - Director Finance and Administration

NAME - DESIGNATION

Adeniyi Saheed Aremu  - Managing Director Abdulkarim Mohammed Bello  - Director Engineering Tajuddeen Affinih  - Director Agricultural Services Olawale Victor  - Director Planning and Design Abu Atsumbe Abdullahi  - Director Finance and Administration

NAME - DESIGNATION

Tonye David-West  - Managing Director Okwonu Benson  - Director Engineering Ikuromo Joshua  - Director Agricultural Services Austen Pabor  - Director Planning and Design Isaac Akpoede Otuorimo  - Director Finance and Administration

NAME - DESIGNATION

Olatunji Babalola - Managing Director Iyiola Rufus  - Director Engineering Bolanle Olaniyan  - Director Agricultural Services Adesanya Mutiu Omoniyi -  Director Planning and Design Olayiwola Baruwa-   Director Finance and Administration


NAME - DESIGNATION

Olayiwola A. Baruwa  - Managing Director Jafar Sadeeq  - Director Engineering Sanusi Mai-Afu  - Director Agricultural Services Murtala Dalhatu  - Director Planning and Design Faruk Madugu Gwandu  - Director Finance and Administration

NAME - DESIGNATION

Abubakar Muazu  - Managing Director Mukhtar Umar Isa  - Director Engineering Abdulhameed Girei  - Director Agricultural Services Yusuf Daniel Ajemasu  - Director Planning and Design Haruna Musa  - Director Finance and Administration

NAME - DESIGNATION

Abdulkarim Ali  - Managing Director David Emmanuel  - Director Engineering Abdu Aminu Omar  - Director Agricultural Services John Bature Gimba  - Director Planning and Design Alhassan Bawa Ugbada  - Director Finance and Administration

References

  1. 1 2 3 Akindele, S. T.; Adebo, A. (2004-09-01). "The Political Economy of River Basin and Rural Development Authority in Nigeria: A Retrospective Case Study of Owena-River Basin and Rural Development Authority (ORBRDA)". Journal of Human Ecology. 16 (1): 55–62. doi:10.1080/09709274.2004.11905716. ISSN   0970-9274.
  2. ↑ Onah, Fab O. (1996). Public enterprises and the Nigerian worker. Nsukka, Nigeria: Fulladu Pub. Co. pp. 29–40. ISBN   9782967041. OCLC   43736716.
  3. ↑ Adegeye, Adeduro J. (1982). "Establishing river basin development authorities as a strategy for Nigerian rural development". Agricultural Administration. 9 (4): 301–311. doi:10.1016/0309-586X(82)90048-6.
  4. ↑ Yunusa Ilu, Ismaila (November 1, 2013). "Nigeria Has the Capacity to Feed Africa" (Interview). Interviewed by Isaiah Benjamin.
  5. ↑ "Controversy over Missing Property in Ogun-Osun River Basin Authority – THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  6. ↑ "Benin Owena RBDA – Benin Owena River Basin Development Authority" . Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  7. ↑ "Home". nigerdeltabasin.gov.ng. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  8. ↑ "FG directs Sokoto River Basin MD to hand over". Daily Trust. 2020-12-16. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
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