{"id":87895,"date":"2023-05-12T21:13:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T20:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg"},"modified":"2023-05-12T22:31:39","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T21:31:39","slug":"proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg","title":{"rendered":"Proliferation of boreholes will increase earth tremors in Abuja \u2013 FG"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Federal Government raised an alarm on Friday about a possible rise in earth tremors due to the proliferation of boreholes in Abuja.<\/p>\n

Magashi Bashir, the Executive Director of the Nigeria Integrated Water Resources Management Commission, disclosed this to journalists in his remarks while receiving the Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, who was on an inspection visit.<\/p>\n

He revealed that Abacha Barracks in Abuja might experience tremors if something is not done to address the rate of borehole drilling in the area.<\/p>\n

Bashir urged that there is a need for landlords to jointly drill boreholes instead of embarking on several drilling projects that cause harm to the environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been talking to the drillers organisations. This has been a menace; the problem is that the commission cannot stop private individuals from building a borehole. That is why you have all the proliferation of boreholes, and the water board cannot provide sufficient water to the people.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a significant cause of problems in the country, particularly the tremor in Abuja. We had a problem in Mpape; another problem might be around the Abacha barracks, where we have the new estates. I was there last time; there were a lot of boreholes everywhere. We need to be more organised. The Water Resources Bill is not saying people should not drill boreholes, but to be more organised,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On November 1, 2018, Abuja experienced an earth tremor around the Mpape area. A similar incident occurred on September 5, 2018, that lasted three days in the same place and some parts of the Maitama district in the Federal Capital Territory.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Federal Government raised an alarm on Friday about a possible rise in earth tremors due to the proliferation of boreholes in Abuja. Magashi Bashir, the Executive Director of the Nigeria Integrated Water Resources Management Commission, disclosed this to journalists in his remarks while receiving the Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":87894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[347,1570,2140,254],"class_list":["post-87895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-abuja","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nProliferation of boreholes will increase earth tremors in Abuja \u2013 FG - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Federal Government raised an alarm on Friday about a possible rise in earth tremors due to the proliferation of bore ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Proliferation of boreholes will increase earth tremors in Abuja \u2013 FG\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Federal Government raised an alarm on Friday about a possible rise in earth tremors due to the proliferation of bore ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-12T20:13:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-12T21:31:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683909849.61.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"676\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Proliferation of boreholes will increase earth tremors in Abuja \u2013 FG\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-12T20:13:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-12T21:31:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg\"},\"wordCount\":288,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683909849.61.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Abuja\",\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg\",\"name\":\"Proliferation of boreholes will increase earth tremors in Abuja \u2013 FG - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683909849.61.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-12T20:13:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-12T21:31:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Federal Government raised an alarm on Friday about a possible rise in earth tremors due to the proliferation of bore ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683909849.61.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683909849.61.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":676,\"caption\":\"Proliferation of boreholes will increase earth tremors in Abuja \u2013 FG\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Proliferation of boreholes will increase earth tremors in Abuja \u2013 FG\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Proliferation of boreholes will increase earth tremors in Abuja \u2013 FG - Nigeria","description":"The Federal Government raised an alarm on Friday about a possible rise in earth tremors due to the proliferation of bore ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Proliferation of boreholes will increase earth tremors in Abuja \u2013 FG","og_description":"The Federal Government raised an alarm on Friday about a possible rise in earth tremors due to the proliferation of bore ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2023-05-12T20:13:13+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-05-12T21:31:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":676,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683909849.61.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Proliferation of boreholes will increase earth tremors in Abuja \u2013 FG","datePublished":"2023-05-12T20:13:13+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-12T21:31:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg"},"wordCount":288,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683909849.61.jpg","keywords":["Abuja","Africa Press","Africa Press-Nigeria","Nigeria"],"articleSection":["all news","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg","name":"Proliferation of boreholes will increase earth tremors in Abuja \u2013 FG - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683909849.61.jpg","datePublished":"2023-05-12T20:13:13+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-12T21:31:39+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Federal Government raised an alarm on Friday about a possible rise in earth tremors due to the proliferation of bore ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683909849.61.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683909849.61.jpg","width":1200,"height":676,"caption":"Proliferation of boreholes will increase earth tremors in Abuja \u2013 FG"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proliferation-of-boreholes-will-increase-earth-tremors-in-abuja-fg#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Proliferation of boreholes will increase earth tremors in Abuja \u2013 FG"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}