- Buhari recently announced the official commissioning of the Kashimbila multipurpose dam.
- Kashimbila Dam has a storage capacity of 500 million cubic metres.
His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari, president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, recently announced the official commissioning of the Kashimbila multipurpose dam, including a 40 MW hydropower station and associated 132-kV switchyard, transmission line and distribution substations.
Kashimbila Dam has a storage capacity of 500 million cubic metres and was conceived principally to checkmate the threat of the imminent collapse of the structurally weak and poisonous Lake Nyos, located at the line of volcanic activities in Cameroun Republic, which collapse could result in flooding and affecting millions of lives and properties.
The engineering design maximized the benefits of the Kashimbila ecosystem by incorporating a 40 MW Hydropower Station, a 60,000 cubic metre per day water supply scheme, 2,000 hectares of irrigation system, an airstrip, fishing activities and tourism potential.
Buhari said this is Phase 1 of the power evacuation component of the project in Taraba State. Details of the upcoming phases and what work they entail were not disclosed.