Energy: Mambilla, Zungeru, Kaduna projects to generate 3000 megawatts

Energy: Mambilla, Zungeru, Kaduna projects to generate 3000 megawatts
Lawan Hamidu, Abuja

(Right) Namadi Sambo, Vice president of Nigeria in a meeting with Executives of the Ministry of Power.

The ongoing installations at the Mambilla, Zungeru and Kaduna Power Projects are to generate, on completion, over 3000 megawatts of electricity, with facilities constructed to provide portable water and irrigation, as the necessary ingredients required to boost economic corridors in the country.

Commendable efforts

Expressing satisfaction with the progress made on the projects during a briefing session with the Minister of Power and Consultants handling the various Power Projects across the country, Nigeria’s Vice President, Namadi Sambo, commended the efforts made in respect of geological and topographical survey, and the report of the consultant on site reconnaissance repair performed in June 2011. 

Sambo also commended the efforts made in the preparation of project review report and final design for the tendering of the construction of Mambilla Power Project.        

On Zungeru Power Plant, the Consultant has completed studies in hydrology and overall energy generation. The preliminary environmental impact assessment has been performed for 28 villages with 45,000 inhabitants, while full impact assessment is progressing.

Earlier the Minister of Power Professor Bath Nnaji assured the Vice President  of his Ministry’s readiness to properly inspect all Power Projects under it with a view to ensuring timely completions so as to fast track government’s transformation process.

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