Kafin Zaki Dam
Aikin madatsar ruwa ta Kafin Zaki wani aiki ne mai cike da cece-kuce na gina tafki a kogin Jama’are (wanda ake kira da kogin Bunga a samansa) a jihar Bauchi a arewa maso gabashin Najeriya.

Dam da tafki da aka tsara 
Dam din da ake shirin yi zai kasance na aikin gina kasa ne da aka ware kuma zai kasance tsawon kilomita 11. Za a tsara shi tare da yuwuwar shigar da injin samar da wutar lantarki mai karfin MW 15.  Tafkin dai zai kasance yana da karfin ajiyar mita miliyan 2,700, kuma zai kasance na biyu mafi girma a Najeriya bayan Dam din Kainji. Za ta ba da ruwa mai fadin hecta 120,000 na gonakin noma wanda za a iya noman amfanin gona a kai. Mai yuwuwa aikin zai tallafawa samar da tan miliyan daya na rake a duk shekara tare da samar da ayyukan yi sama da miliyan daya a masana'antu da suka shafi noma.

Tarihin aikin 
An fara yin la’akarin dam din ne bayan fari da aka yi a yankin Sahel a shekarar 1972-1974, kuma a zamanin mulkin Shehu Shagari a shekarar 1979-1982 aka ba Julius Berger Najeriya kwangilar gina madatsar ruwa. A shekarar 1984 aka daina kwangilar, amma a shekarar 1992 gwamnatin Ibrahim Babangida ta dawo da ita. A shekarar 1994 gwamnatin Sani Abacha ta sake soke kwangilar, sannan ta kafa kwamitin shari’a na bincike kan dukkan al’amuran da suka shafi aikin. In 2002, funding was allocated for the project, but then abruptly withdrawn.  A shekara ta 2002, an ware kudade don aikin, amma sai aka janye ba zato ba tsammani.  

A shekarar 2008, Gwamna Isa Yuguda na Jihar Bauchi ya ba da kwangilar sake fara aikin dam da aka yi watsi da Kamfanin Dangote, matakin da Abdul Ahmed Ningi, wakilin Jihar Bauchi wanda shi ne Shugaban Majalisar Dokoki ta kasa lokacin da aka soke aikin ya samu goyon baya. a shekara ta 2002.  Tsohon mataimakin shugaban kasa Mohammed Namadi Sambo ya ziyarci wurin dam din a watan Nuwambar 2013 inda ya ba masu ruwa da tsaki tabbacin cewa gwamnatin tarayya za ta gina shi.

Da yake jawabi a wurin aikin a Bauchi, Sambo ya yi ikirarin cewa matakin zai kawo karshen tsinuwar da gwamnatocin jihohi da suka shude suka yi yunkurin karyawa sama da shekaru talatin.

Sambo ya shaida wa mutanen kauyen da suka tarbe shi a wurin, "A bisa tsarin sauya fasalin shugaban kasa, ya umarce ni da in ci gaba da tabbatar da cewa an aiwatar da wannan aiki domin amfanin al'ummar yankin arewa maso gabashin kasar nan." na shirin dam.  Kamar yadda ma’aikatar albarkatun ruwa ta bayar da shawarar tantance tsarin, aikin madatsar ruwan zai tabbatar da samar da akalla kadada 125,000 na filayen noman noma.

Hekta 80,000 na wannan fili zai kasance a Bauchi, hekta 25,000 a Yobe, hekta 15,000 a Borno, da kuma hekta 5,000 a Bauchi.

Idan aka kammala aikin madatsar ruwan da ke karkashin tafkin Jama’are-Yobe, a cewar Sambo, zai samar da tan dubu 100 na kifi a duk shekara baya ga megawatts 15 na wutar lantarki da kuma megawatts 45 na man fetur.

Tare da mai masaukin baki Gwamna Yuguda da magabacinsa Ahmadu Adamu Mu'azu da Sarkin Ningi Yunusa Mohammed Danyaya a bangaren sa, Sambo ya bayyana cewa gwamnatin tarayya ta jajirce wajen ganin an samu nasarar aikin a matsayin wani bangare na manufar kawo sauyi.  tsohon shugaban kasa, Goodluck Jonathan. Ya bayyana cewa, domin tabbatar da ganin dukkanin al’ummar da ke gefen kogin sun ci moriyar shirin, gwamnatin tarayya ta na yin nazari sosai kan ayyukan da aka tsara na samar da karin madatsun ruwa baya ga Kafin Zaki, kamar na Yobe da sauran jihohin.

Rigima 
Takaddamar da goyon bayan dam daga magoya bayansa a jihar Bauchi suka hada da fa’idar noma ga noma a yankin, kamar noman rake, yayin da sakin da aka sarrafa zai kaucewa tasiri. Masu adawa da juna a jihar Yobe da kuma jihar Borno na ganin cewa madatsar ruwa za ta hana aukuwar ambaliyar ruwa a lokutan da manoman su ke dogaro da su wajen noma, kuma hakan zai sa ruwa ya ragu, ta yadda ruwa ke zubarwa da yawa. Masu kula da muhalli kuma sun damu da tasirin da ke tattare da dausayi na kasa. 

Manoma ambaliyar ruwa da masunta suna amfani da ruwa sosai fiye da manoman da suka dogara da ban ruwa daga madatsun ruwa. Wani bincike da Hukumar Kula da Muhalli ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya (UNEP) ta gudanar ya nuna cewa tattalin arzikin ruwan da aka samu a magudanar ruwa ta Hadejia-Jama'are ya kai dalar Amurka 32.00 a kowace 1,000. m 3, yayin da darajar ruwa a aikin kogin Kano da madatsar ruwa ta Tiga da na Challawa suka yi ban ruwa ya kai dalar Amurka 1.73 a kowace 1,000. m 3, ko dalar Amurka 0.04 ga 1,000 m 3 bayan lissafin farashin aiki. Binciken ya yi kiyasin cewa idan aka aiwatar da shi, ko da tare da kayyade tsarin ambaliya don rage tasirin da ke cikin ruwa, aikin madatsar ruwan Kafin Zaki zai yi mummunan darajar kusan dalar Amurka miliyan 15. 

A watan Afrilun 2009, Dokta Hassan Bidliya, Sakataren Gudanarwa na Asusun Amincewa na Basin Basin Hadejia-Jama’are-Komadugu-Yobe, ya ba da shawarar cewa a dage duk wata shawara har sai an kammala tantance tasirin muhalli kan aikin.  A watan Satumban 2009, wasu kungiyoyin manoma uku na jihar Borno sun yi kira ga gwamnatin tarayya da gwamnatin jihar Bauchi da su ajiye aikin, saboda damuwa da irin tasirin da rayuwarsu ke yi.  A watan Agustan 2009, Sanata Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan daga Yobe ta Arewa, shugaban kwamitin majalisar dattijai mai kula da asusun gwamnati, ya yi magana game da shirin dam din. Ya bayyana cewa madatsun ruwa na Tiga da Challawa da ke kogin Hadejia sun riga sun rage magudanar ruwa sosai, kuma kogin Jama’are a yanzu shi ne babban tushen ruwa a kogin Yobe. Ya ce madatsun ruwa sun haifar da matsanancin talauci, da karuwar hamada, hijira da kuma rikici tsakanin manoma da makiyaya.

Duba kuma 

 Hadejia-Nguru wetlands

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