(a) Draw a sketch map of Nigeria. On the map, locate and name: (i) the...
(a) Draw a sketch map of Nigeria. On the map, locate and name:
(i) the Kainji dam:
(ii) Lake Chad
(iii) Ibadan.
(b) Highlight three factors that impede the development of solar energy in Nigeria
(c) Explain four problems created by the construction of the Kainji dam in Nigeria.
Explanation
A sketch map of Nigeria showing kainji dam, Lake Chad, and Ibadan
(b) Factors that impede the development of solar in energy in Nigeria:
- Inadequate technical manpower
- Capital intensive
- Lack of proper government policy
- High cost of production
- Poor maintenance culture
- Inadequate awareness
- Over-reliance on importation of components.
- Unreliability of solar radiation.
- Insufficient/high cost of spare parts.
- Competition with other Sources of power.
- Vandalization/theft.
- Conservative attitude to change.
- Fear of toxic chemicals in cells manufactured.
-Low level of technology
- Difficulty in acquiring land for a solar farm.
(c) Problems created by the construction of Kainji Dam in Nigeria:
- Loss of pasturable land
- Loss of cultivatable land
- Flooding
- Increased evaporation
- Problem of reinforcement against the collapse of the dam.
- Silting
- Displacement of people.
- Deforestation
- Spread of water-borne diseases
- Displacement of wildlife.
- Disruption of river transportation
- Uncoordinated use of the river/dam create conflicts.
- Disruption of traditional occupation. e.g Fishing at the lower part of the river.