Source: Vanguard (Lagos)

By Luka Binniyat

The Federal Government has announced the award of contract for the construction of the 2600 Megawatt (Mw) Mambilla plateau Hydro Power Station in Taraba State to China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC) and China Geo-Engineering Corporation (CGC) at a cost of $1.4 billion.

Making this revelation recently at a Press briefing in Abuja, the Minister of Energy, Dr. Edmund Daukoru, said that the engineering design of the dam is ongoing and construction would soon start. But he cautioned that the project has between five and six years before completion.

He also said the Zungeru Hydro dam project in Niger State would soon come on stream.

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Posted by pichu at March 6, 2007 11:07 AM