Nigeria - Preparation of the Strategic Action Plan for Water Resources Development in the Komadugu - Yobe Basin (SAPWRD)

The Preparation of the Strategic Action Plan for Water Resources Development in the Komadugu - Yobe Basin (SAPWRD) project is the result of the reappraisal, in 2009, of ‘The Reoperation and Reoptimisation of Tiga and Challawa Gorge Dams to Restore Human Livelihoods and Ecosystems Project. It emerges from the need to launch a long-term development strategic approach centered on the use of the basin water resources for inclusive and sustainable growth for the basin population in six riparian Federal States in Northern Nigeria. It seeks to establish basin wide water management system that aimed at addressing livelihood issues with respect to food security, water supply and sanitation, energy availability, provision of ecological services with proper environmental safeguards put in place. The project consists of four components: (i) Preparation of Strategic Action plan, (ii) Dams Operation and optimization of water use study (iii) Priority Project preparation and (iv) Project management. Its total cost is estimated at Euro 2,690,940. It will be implemented over a period of 22 months after grant effectiveness. The main outputs of the project consists of the Komadugu Yobe Basin (KYB) water resources development strategic plan that provides short, medium and long-term actions spanning to 2040; modified reservoir operation rules for the reoperation of Tiga and Challawa Gorge Dams and projects preparation for implementation over the period 2015-2020.