River A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

Basin Development Authorities in

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

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 Borders are usually defined as geography, geographical boundaries, imposed either by features such as oceans and terrain, or by polity, political entities such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other administrative division ...

and work to improve agriculture and rural development through irrigation, control of river pollution and also to assist farmers in processing food crops. 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.

Background

Concerns about

sustainable food A sustainable food system is a type of food system that provides healthy food to people and creates sustainable environmental, economic and social systems that surround food. Sustainable food systems start with the development of sustainable agr ...

production in

after the

Sahel drought The Sahel region of Africa has long experienced a series of historic droughts, dating back to at least the 17th century. The Sahel region is a climate zone sandwiched between the Sudanian Savanna to the south and the Sahara desert to the north, ...

of the early 1970s and a decline in agricultural output following Nigeria's

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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 The Sokoto River (formerly known as Gulbi 'n Kebbi) is a river in north-west Nigeria and a tributary of the River Niger. The river's source is near Funtua in the south of Katsina State, some in a straight line from Sokoto. It flows north-west pas ...

and

Lake Chad basin The Chad Basin is the largest endorheic basin in Africa, centered on Lake Chad. It has no outlet to the sea and contains large areas of semi-arid desert and savanna. The drainage basin is roughly coterminous with the sedimentary basin of the same ...

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

* Chad Basin Development Authority - areas surrounding the Lake Chad Basin. * Upper

Benue River The Benue River (french: la Bénoué), previously known as the Chadda River or Tchadda, is the major tributary of the Niger River. The river is approximately long and is almost entirely navigable during the summer months. The size of its bas ...

Basin Development Authority - areas drained by the Benue River and its tributaries from the international boundary to Pai and Donga River. * Lower Benue River Basin Development Authority - catchment area are those within the confluence of Benue and Niger Rivers. * Cross River Basin Development Authority - catchment area are places drained by the Cross River and tributaries. *

Anambra Anambra State is a Nigerian state, located in the southeastern region of the country. The state was created on August 27, 1991. Anambra state is bounded by Delta State to the west, Imo State to the south, Enugu State to the east and Kogi Stat ...

Imo River The Imo River (Igbo:Imo) is in southeastern Nigeria and flows into the Atlantic Ocean. In Akwa Ibom State, the river is known as Imoh River, that is, Inyang Imoh, which translates to River of Wealth (Ibibio: Inyang means River or Ocean, and Imoh ...

Basin Development Authority - East of Niger River in areas drained by Rivers Imo and Anambra. *

Niger River The Niger River ( ; ) is the main river of West Africa, extending about . Its drainage basin is in area. Its source is in the Guinea Highlands in south-eastern Guinea near the Sierra Leone border. It runs in a crescent shape through ...

Basin Development Authority - areas drained by the Niger River starting in the North from the river's confluence with Malendo River and down to Niger River's confluence with Ubo River. *

Ogun Ogun or Ogoun (Yoruba: Ògún, Portuguese: Ogum, Gu; also spelled Oggun or Ogou; known as Ogún or Ogum in Latin America) is a spirit that appears in several African religions. He attempted to seize the throne after the demise of Obatala, who re ...

Osun River Basin Development Authority * Benin - Owena River Basin Development Authority *

Niger Delta River Basin Development Authority The Niger Delta River Basin Development Authority, otherwise known as Niger Delta Basin Development Authority (NDBDA) is one of the twelve river basin development authorities in Nigeria. The authority was established through Decree No. 37 0f 3 Augu ...

* Sokoto - Rima River Basin Development Authority * Hadejia - Jama're River Basin Development Authority. * Upper Niger River - Niger, Kaduna and FCT

List Of Directors for All states River basin Authority

* ANAMBRA-IMO RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT 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 * BENUE-OWENA RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 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 * CHAD RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 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 * CROSS RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 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 * HADEJIA-JEMA’ARE RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 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 * LOWER BENUE RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 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 * LOWER NIGER RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 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 * NIGER DELTA RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 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 * OGUN-OSUN RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 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 * SOKOTO-RIMA RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 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 * UPPER BENUE RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 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 * UPPER NIGER RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 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

{{reflist Water management authorities in Nigeria