in water released from the dam caused floods that led to deaths submergence of homes and ha of damaged farmlands nigeria has proposed to build the dasin hausa dam to control floods that occur due to water released from lake lagdo since releases from the dam began in average low flows recorded are about m s an increase of over changes in the floodplain have affected floodrecession cultivation of sorghum yearly floods and clayey soils have made the land highly suitable for sorghum cultivation