Water · As Senator

Bakolori Dam repairs

80,000+members to benefit, says their chairman

Bakolori farmers wrote to Senator Yari in October 2026. He answered with repair work: water gates, blocked drains and support for dry-season farming.

• Where: Bakolori Irrigation Scheme, Zamfara State
• When: From October 2026
• How many: More than 80,000 water users' association members, according to their chairman
• Status: LaunchedBeing confirmedFacilitated by Senator Yari, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Water Resources

Year by year

1. Also plannedFertilizer and farm machinery for water users' associations, and checks on the Anka, Bukkuyum and NATO dams. ²
2. October 2026Repair work on site: fixing one water gate, servicing another and clearing 20 to 30 drains. ^1,3
3. 4 October 2026The water users' association wrote to Senator Yari asking for help. ¹

Senator Yari has promised to take a lasting fix for the silt in the dam to the Federal Ministry of Water Resources.

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