Stakeholders are expected to deliberate on the myriad of challenges affecting these catchments and also proffer solutions.
Today’s session began with robust discussions from Stakeholders drawn from Aloma-Konshisa and Lokoja- Niger Catchments.
The National Project Coordinator, Mr. Abdulhamid Umar in his welcome address stated that ACReSAL had developed and validated Twenty Strategic Catchment Management Plans (SCMPs), covering critical watersheds and Landscapes across all the participating states and the FCT.
According to the NPC, stakeholders who were drawn from various MDAs, Civil Society and the Academia will focus on insights that will guide investments, as well as identify and recommend interventions that are sustainable.
The Task Team Leader and Senior Environmental Specialist with the World Bank, Dr. Joy Agene in her Opening Remarks, said that all catchments ran along Watershed lines, Landscapes and Geology, and not Political or state lines.
According to the TTL, sustainability of the Landscapes is a vital ingredient to a well developed SCMP.
At the end of the day’s session, Stakeholders from Aloma- Konshisha and Lokoja -Niger catchments postulated that the challenges in these catchments include Gully Erosion, Situation, Cattle – Header, Community Clashes and Flooding.
Solutions include, Desilting of drains, Afforestation and construction of Check Dams.
These series of Stakeholder Engagements follows an earlier successful Stakeholder Engagement for Ten Strategic Catchment Management Plans.
ACReSAL… Greening The Environment… Saving Lives!!!
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