Exerpt from: Niger Speeds Up Efforts To Build First Hydroelectric Dam

Long in the works and long delayed, the Kandadji dam project aims to free the world's poorest nation of its energy dependence on neighbouring Nigeria and boost agricultural production to try and end chronic food insecurity.

Already postponed many times, first to 2016 and then to 2023, the date to fill the reservoir behind the dam is set at 2025 according to the authorities, after further delays due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

This mammoth project of 740 billion CFA francs (1.1 billion euros / $1.3 billion) is co-financed by the World Bank, African Development Bank (AfDB), Islamic Development Bank and French Development Agency.

With its 28-metre-high dam wall, it will have a retention capacity of 1.5 billion cubic meters, or 600,000 Olympic pools.

The project also entails the displacement of 50,000 people, of whom 7,000 have already been relocated, according to the Kandadji Dam Agency.

Located some 180 kilometres (112 miles) upstream from the capital Niamey, in the heart of the "three borders" area that also includes Burkina Faso and Mali, the project has thus far been spared from the jihadist attacks that regularly plague the volatile region.

But Bazoum promised to "increase the number of soldiers to enable" the site to run day and night.

An environmental impact study was completed in 2018 by the AfDB.

While other options such as solar or wind power were also evaluated, the report concluded that alternative energies could "not meet large-scale energy needs."

"The only solution that can solve the recurring problem of food insecurity in Niger is the Kandadji dam because there will be 45,000 hectares (111,200 acres) of land that will be developed to improve production," says Ousmane Danbadji, head of the Network of journalists for water and sanitation (Rejea) and an expert on the matter.

The dam agency forecasts that 400,000 more tonnes of rice, corn and vegetables will be produced each year in a country where 80 percent of the population lives off traditional agriculture, dependent on rains.

Source: https://www.barrons.com/news/niger-speeds-up-efforts-to-build-first-hydroelectric-dam-01632497409

Lol, I love how Nigeria is pushing the Coupist in Niger to get wise. After this, what's stopping them from building more dams or even a nuclear power plant. It will probably signal to the other nations upstream you can't trust Nigeria. I doubt cutting their electricity supplies will force a regime change nit it will definitely force a policy change regarding self sufficiency in vital areas..

NIGERIA should tread carefully

slivertongue:
NIGERIA should thread carefully

That boat has sailed they already sanctioned their electricity. Do you think the sanctions will cause a regime change? If it doesn't they could go after food next.

River niger about to be dried up. What Agbado govt cannot destroy does not exist

providencia:
River niger about to be dried up. What Aghado govt cannot destroy does not exist

It won't dry up according to their environmental impact assessments.

Blue3k:


It won't dry up according to their environmental impact assessments.

Forget about assessment. When their dam is built you will see the result

providencia:


Forget about assessment. When their dam is built you will see the result

OK doomsday prophet I'll remind in 2025.

No be their financial they don send packaging .. Soldiers wey no get National interest at heart ..

Blue3k:
Lol, I love how Nigeria is pushing the Coupist in Niger to get wise. After this, what's stopping them from building more dams or even a nuclear power plant. It will probably signal to the other nations upstream you can't trust Nigeria. I doubt cutting their electricity supplies will force a regime change nit it will definitely force a policy change regarding self sufficiency in vital areas..

That dam will take forever to construct.

jackcanfield:
No be their financial they don send packaging .. Soldiers wey no get National interest at heart.

Let's see where the money comes from.

Blue3k:


That boat has sailed they already sanctioned their electricity. Do you think the sanctions will cause a regime change? If it doesn't they could go after food next.

Niger has the Sahel route as alternative. Military intervention may backfire now or later. Regional politics is dicey but the Liberian experience is key

Blue3k:
Lol, I love how Nigeria is pushing the Coupist in Niger to get wise. After this, what's stopping them from building more dams or even a nuclear power plant. It will probably signal to the other nations upstream you can't trust Nigeria. I doubt cutting their electricity supplies will force a regime change nit it will definitely force a policy change regarding self sufficiency in vital areas..

You failed to mention the highlight.
This is a 2021 news so it has nothing to do with the current coupist or current events
or trust for Nigeria.
This dam is being co-funded by the French, the French the coupist are trying to get rid of.
I won't even be surprised if the company handling the project is French.

I opened the thread to read your piece as usual but this one is totally out of place.
Don't join the propaganda team please.

You do realize that part of the financiers are
African development bank

the government of france

So when the coup plotters are offending financiers

[how will the dam see daylight

ivolt:

You failed to mention the highlight.
This is a 2021 news so it has nothing to do with the current coupist or current events
or trust for Nigeria.
This dam is being co-funded by the French, the French the coupist are trying to get rid of.
I won't even be surprised if the company handling the project is French.

I opened the thread to read your piece as usual but this one is totally out of place.
Don't join the propaganda team please.

The dam is still under construction. What's propaganda about this? Did the other finders sanction them?

ivolt:

You failed to mention the highlight.
This is a 2021 news so it has nothing to do with the current coupist or current events
or trust for Nigeria.
This dam is being co-funded by the French, the French the coupist are trying to get rid of.
I won't even be surprised if the company handling the project is French.

I opened the thread to read your piece as usual but this one is totally out of place.
Don't join the propaganda team please.

Seriously out of place

Blue3k:


The dam is still under construction. What's propaganda about this? Did the other finders sanction them?

They killed you on your own thread

Shameful you

DevilsEqual:


They killed you on your own thread

Shameful you

When the other funder haven't sanctioned you're claiming this? The dam still on going the sanctions haven't stripped the coupist of power yet.

Lol

Blue3k:


The dam is still under construction. What's propaganda about this? Did the other finders sanction them?

Propaganda here is that Niger coupist is severing economic ties with Nigeria with the dam project
when it is actually the pro-Nigeria former civilian governments who planned and initiated the project.

Blue3k:


Source: https://www.barrons.com/news/niger-speeds-up-efforts-to-build-first-hydroelectric-dam-01632497409

Better! They're one of the reasons we're not enjoying our electricity... They're owing Nigeria over $200billion on electricity debt. So, if they're independent, we'll channel the electricity that we were wasting in Niger Republic back to Nigeria. By then we'll have 24 hours electricity because Nigeria supplies 24/7 electricity to Niger Republic while Nigeria itself experiences blackouts. We're just opposite of nature where it's said, "you can't give what you don't have" but we're already giving out what we don't have. Lol!

ivolt:

Propaganda here is that Niger coupist is severing economic ties with Nigeria with the dam project
when it is actually the pro-Nigeria former civilian governments who planned and initiated the project.

You have a reading comprehension issues if that's what you read. I never said Niger republic severed economics ties with. I said Nigeria sanctioned cutting some economic ties. I posted the image showing dams history so if that's how you jumped to that conclusion is a mystery. I did say these action incentives them to be more sufficient in vital areas.

Blue3k:


OK doomsday prophet I'll remind in 2025.

Oh, You are actually disturbing the peace with ur 2021 old news. What's ur aim? This thread should be deleted

providencia:

Oh, You are actually disturbing the peace with ur 2021 old news. What's ur aim? This thread should be deleted

The facts are facts regardless of the age of the article. They have an updated article from this year with all the same facts listed. You people should come up with your own arguments instead of parroting each other.

Niger depends on Nigeria for 70 percent of its power, buying it from the Nigerian company Mainstream, according to Nigelec, the country's monopoly supplier.

The electricity is generated by the Kainji Dam in western Nigeria.

The capital Niamey has a local production source, but many districts suffered from frequent power cuts even before the coup.

Niger is hoping to achieve energy independence by building the Kandadji Dam on the Niger River, about 180 kilometres (110 miles) upstream from Niamey.

It is scheduled for completion in 2025, with a targeted annual capacity of 629 gigawatt-hours (GWh).

https://www.barrons.com/news/nigeria-cuts-electricity-to-niger-after-coup-niger-power-company-8187ef8f

Hmnn. It is getting messier. Niger and Hausas have enjoyed a very good relationship spanning many decades but a Yoruba man who snatched the presidency now wants to destroy everything.

If Niger republic completes that dam, agricultural production in the NW would be drastically reduced. Desertification will worsen and poverty will become more endemic. Worse still, kainji dam will become worthless. How did everything escalate so badly within a few months of Tinubu's government? Is the Yoruba man even doing this on purpose? Every of his policy seems to be targeted at making North unviable and unproductive.

The future of Northern Nigeria has never been so bleak. This is terrifying.

providencia:
River niger about to be dried up. What Agbado govt cannot destroy does not exist

Lazy youths who cannot understand simple and short message, the project has been in the country's plan, common sense should tell you that sooner or later, the project will come to light and Nigeria has not been ignorant of the project.

alizma:

Lazy youths who cannot understand simple and short message, the project has been in the country's plan, common sense should tell you that sooner or later, the project will come to light and Nigeria has not been ignorant of the project.

Shut up and blame the op for making it seems as effect of ecowas sanctions

providencia:


Shut up and blame the op for making it seems as effect of ecowas sanctions

Take responsibility for once in your life. I showed a timeline of construction. It's nobody fault you lack read comprehension skills.

Blue3k:


Take responsibility for once in your life. I showed a timeline of construction. It's nobody fault you lack read comprehension skills.

I should take responsibility for you heating up the polity? You must be a slowpoke.

providencia:

I should take responsibility for you heating up the polity? You must be a slowpoke.

You should take responsibility for the fact that you have reading comprehension deficiency. Where did I say the project was initiated by the coupist? I did say this will make them more serious about pursuing a policy of sufficiency in vital areas. How does this simple conversation heat up the polity drama queen. Do better regulating your emotions if this is getting you heated.