The floods that periodically sweep across the banks of Rivers Benue and Niger down to the Atlantic Ocean in Bayelsa State emanate from the Lagdo Lake in Northern Cameroon. This occurs seasonally, whenever excess water is released from the lake to protect the dam from bursting, inundating, and overwhelming the surrounding towns and villages.
The Lagdo Dam was built in 1982 by a Chinese company to provide electricity and potable water and…
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