{"id":9132,"date":"2018-01-24T17:26:31","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T16:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/blog\/?p=9132"},"modified":"2018-01-26T12:16:50","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T11:16:50","slug":"dams-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/dams-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Dams in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nigeria is blessed with various natural resources in form of water bodies which has been used by man to generate other means of power like electricity. Imagine there was no river, ocean, sea or lake in Nigeria- How does that idea make you feel? Seems odd right. A dam is a barrier constructed to hold back water and raise its level, hence, forming a reservoir used to generate electricity or serve as a source of water supply. A popular dam in Nigeria is the Kainji dam at Niger state, Nigeria. The Kainji dam was built in the year 1964 and 1986. Kainji dam is most popular as a source of power- hydroelectricity.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Water is a natural resource often used every day by everyone from drinking, cooking, bathing, washing, power and cleaning. Daily usage of water by man reminds one of the saying <\/span>water no get enemy. <\/span><\/i>Contrary, to popular belief Kainji dam, is not the only dam constructed in Nigeria. Other dams in Nigeria include<\/span><\/p>\n

Jebba Dam \u00a0in Niger State<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shiroro Dam \u00a0in Niger State<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Bakolori Dam \u00a0in Sokoto State<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Challawa Gorge Dam \u00a0in Kano State<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Dadin Kowa Dam in Gombe State<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Goronyo Dam in Sokoto State<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Gusau Dam in Zamfara State<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Ikere Gorge Dam in Oyo State<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Jibiya Dam in Katsina State<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Kiri Dam in Adamawa State<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Mambilla Dam in Taraba State<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Obudu Dam in Cross River State<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Oyan River Dam in Ogun State<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Tiga Dam in Kano State <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Zobe Dam in Katsina State<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Jabi Dam in Abuja<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Nigeria is home to various water bodies. Have you seen any of the listed dams in Nigeria above? Kindly share your thoughts in the comment section below.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nigeria is blessed with various natural resources in form of water bodies which has been used by man to generate other means of power like electricity. Imagine there was no river, ocean, sea or lake in Nigeria- How does that idea make you feel? Seems odd right. A dam is a barrier constructed to hold …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":9133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[467],"tags":[2125,2126,2127,2140,2128,2129,2146,2141,2130,2138,2123,2131,2139,2144,2132,2145,2143,2133,2142,2134,2135,2124,2136,2137],"class_list":["post-9132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-estate-advice","tag-bakolori-dam","tag-challawa-gorge-dam","tag-dadin-kowa-dam","tag-dams-in-nigeria","tag-goronyo-dam","tag-gusau-dam","tag-history-of-shiroro-dam","tag-hydroelectric-dams-in-nigeria","tag-ikere-gorge-dam","tag-jabi-dam","tag-jebba-dam","tag-jibiya-dam","tag-kainji-dam","tag-kainji-dam-power-station","tag-kiri-dam","tag-list-of-dams-in-africa","tag-list-of-dams-in-kano-state","tag-mambilla-dam","tag-map-of-nigeria-showing-dams","tag-obudu-dam","tag-oyan-river-dam","tag-shiroro-dam","tag-tiga-dam","tag-zobe-dam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9132"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9136,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9132\/revisions\/9136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}