Sustainable Power and Irrigation for Nigeria Project (WB-P179684)

Countries
  • Nigeria
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
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Bank Risk Rating
A
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Sep 26, 2024
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Government of Nigeria - Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Energy
  • Hydropower
  • Water and Sanitation
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 500.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported
Converted using 2024-09-26 exchange rate.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 700.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported
Converted using 2024-09-26 exchange rate.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Mar 6, 2025

Disclosed by Bank Aug 7, 2023

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Project Description
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According to the Bank’s website, the development objective of the Sustainable Power and Irrigation for Nigeria Project is to strengthen dam safety and improve management of water resources for hydropower and irrigation in selected areas of Nigeria.

The project comprises of four components.

The first component, institutional strengthening and capacity building for water resources management (WRM) supports policy, institutions, and regulation at the federal, state, and river basin levels and collaboration among irrigation, dam safety, and hydropower stakeholders to promote integrated WRM (IWRM) and help achieve the food water-energy nexus in Nigeria. It consists of following sub-components: (i) institutional strengthening and capacity building for WRM and hydropower planning at federal level; (ii) institutional strengthening and national knowledge exchange on WRM at state level; and (iii) improving WRM at river basin level.

The second component, irrigation modernization will support the rehabilitation and revitalization of 40,000 ha of irrigated command area, through a comprehensive modernization program combining improving irrigation and drainage infrastructure while implementing the policy, institutional, and regulatory reforms presented in Component 1. It consists of following sub-components: (i) Mobilization and Development of Water User Associations (WUAs); (ii) irrigation and drainage infrastructure investments; and (iii) irrigation management modernization.

The third component, improvements in dam operations and enhancing dam safety will strengthen the dam safety management system in the country and will rehabilitate and improve the safety of prioritized dams and associated appurtenances.

The fourth component, project management objective is to effectively implement, monitor, and evaluate project activities.

Early Warning System Project Analysis
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Environmental and social (High). Environment and Social (E&S) impacts/risks from proposed project activities are anticipated on water resources and use, air quality, terrestrial ecology, biodiversity, natural resources, land use, human and socio-economic context, public and land resources from the disposal of muck and other wastes which will vary depending on the extent of rehabilitation activities proposed. Potential E&S risks include issues of occupational health and safety of workers, community health and safety issues, grievance as a result of poor implementation of the interventions and compensation (where it becomes relevant), and weak dam operation and maintenance and emergency preparedness and potential dam failure. Poor stakeholder engagements can also impact the project if stakeholders are not adequately consulted. Impacts on land and assets are likely in dams and irrigation areas. Also, considering the specialized nature of rehabilitation works, using skilled migrant labour could potentially lead to potential Sexual exploitation and abuse/Sexual harassment (SEA/SH) risks, poor labour practices. Security risks level is equally high, since the project is implemented in areas of conflict and volatile settings, which was also an issue for the TRIMING Project.

Investment Description
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IDA Credit: US$ 500.00 million


Contact Information
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World Bank

Jun Matsumoto
Senior Water Resources Management Specialist

Pravin Karki
Senior Hydropower Specialist

Emmanuel Chinedu Umolu
Senior Water Resources Management Specialist

Borrower/Client/Recipient

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA
Stanley Nyeso George
Director IERD
nyekenso@gmail.com

Implementing Agencies

Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation
Esther Oluniyi
Director, Irrigation and Drainage Department
akinronk@gmail.com

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