KOGI NEWMAP AT A GLANCE
In the wake of the flood disaster of 2012, which devastated a lot of communities in Kogi State, coupled with Kogi State’s topography and the nature of the (loose) soil in the Eastern part of the State, which makes it susceptible to various forms of erosion, Kogi State [a northern State] requested to participate in the NEWMAP Project.
Upon fulfilling the criteria for participation, the State came on board in 2015. However, it (the Project) was formally launched by the State Governor, Alh. Yahaya Adoza Bello on May 5, 2017. The Task Team Leader, Dr. Amos Abu represented the World Bank Country Director at the event, and other important dignitaries from far and near were equally in attendance.
The Project has since taken off in the State, and we are currently intervening in 8 Priority Sites + 3 Emergency Sites in the 1st phase of intervention.
Mission statement:
Erosion management redefined, through the mitigation of gully and flood impacts, & the upliftment of livelihoods through sustainable developmental interventions…
The Kogi, Nigerian Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP)
As a part of its desire to ensure occupational health and safety on the construction sites has produced and distributed Caution Signs/Signages to contractors handling Agassa and Adumu Road Gully Erosion Sites in the state. The Project Coordinator Barr. Ladi Ahmed...
Owing to His Excellency, the Governor of Kogi State’s determination to tackle the hydra-headed challenge of erosion and flooding in Lokoja, the State Capital, the Hon. Commissioner for Works and his Team, alongside the Project Coordinator, Kogi State NEWMAP, Barr. Ladi Ahmed Jatto, were today, at the Jakura Marble Industry culvert, along Kpata Market Road, behind the Ministry of Works, Lokoja, where there is budding gully threat, which if not nipped in the bud, could prove a menace in the nearest foreseeable future. It is hoped that, in partnership with the State Ministry of Works, the imminent danger being posed by the forming gully, would be a thing of the past… This desire for collaboration was reiterated by the Hon. Commissioner for Works, Alh. Ohere, who assured the people of the State, of the determination of the environment friendly Governor to tackle head-on, the menace of gully erosion in Lokoja, as well as other vulnerable parts of the State. Kogi NEWMAP… Erosion Management Redefined!!!
