The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Ogun Osun River Basin Development Authority, Dr Adedeji Ashiru, has today disclosed that the Federal Government has finalised plans to construct seven dams across the six southwestern states of the federation for irrigation purposes and to enhance food production.
Ashiru also revealed that plans are ongoing to concession the hydropower-generating component of the Oyan Dam to boost the country’s power supply.
He said that the dam, which was installed with three turbines at its construction in 1979, is capable of generating nine megawatts of electricity.
Ashiru disclosed this while speaking on “Developing Strategies for Management of Ecological Challenges” at the 46th Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting of the Association for Consulting Engineering in Nigeria, held in Lagos.
