Nigeria: $1.4bn okayed to save drying Niger River.

TendersInfo | June 27, 2008 | Copyright

Byline: shahma05

International Donors have pledged the sum of $1.4 billion at a Conference in the Niger capital Niamey to help save the Niger River from drying up. The money will be used among other things to build dams, and plant trees.

The Niger River is Africa s third largest river and runs across four West African Countries: Guinea, Mali, Niger and Nigeria. The World Bank pledged $1.4 billion with France and the Islamic ...

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