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Enough is enough! How can we be allowing such things to happen in our country? One of the largest bodies of water in Nigeria with huge domestic and irrigation potential is lying waste while we throw money at it without seeing any development. The construction of Zobe Dam in Dutsinma, Katsina state was begun in 1972, but up till today there is not much to show for it. Billions of naira have been spent on contractors to complete this project which was intended to deliver 65,000 cubic meters of potable water to the Katsina metropolis daily. The dam is a federal urban water project.  It was planned to be completed in 1995 but it was abandoned soon after its commissioning in 1983 by the second republic Shehu Shagari administration.  There were many complaints by farmers, demanding release of water from the dam. In 2003 former president Obasanjo provided N13 billion naira for the completion of the project. Again the project stopped and the funny part is, every time a new gove