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There were indications on Wednesday that finding $4bn has substantially stalled the construction of Nigeria’s most ambitious power project – the Mambilla Hydroelectric Power project in Taraba State.
The first sign that the project may have run into a financial alley was in was in February when the Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, tweeted that the capacity of the Mambilla project had been revised downward by 50 per cent.
This means that instead of a capacity of the original 3,050 megawatts, the plant had now been revised to 1,525MW. This was to enable the country to save $1bn. The original project cost was $5bn.
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8 power plants down, as power minister apologises for erratic electric supply
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The Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, has apologised to Nigerians over the recent erratic power supply in the country, saying no fewer than power generating plants had broken down in the last few weeks
In a statement signed yesterday by his spokesman, Aaron Artimas, the minister said the breakdown of the plants was responsible for the poor power supply situation in the country.
He noted further that seven other thermal plants were battling with low gas shortages but assured that there were ongoing efforts to restore power to the affected areas in the country.
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The Federal Government on Thursday said nine power plants were currently shut down, as this was why power outages had persisted recently across the country.
Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, said this in series of tweets via his official Twitter handle, while his ministry also disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja by his media aide, Aaron Artimas.
The ministry said the power outages had been bedeviling Nigeria, as it explained reasons for the problem.
The statement read in part, “The Ministry of Power is not unaware of the current power outages and shortages bedeviling many parts of the country.
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Saleh Mamman, minister of power, has apologised to Nigerians over the recent erratic electricity supply in the country.
In a statement on Thursday, Aaron Artimas, the minister’s spokesperson, said the poor power supply is caused by the breakdown of eight power generation plants.
He further noted that seven other thermal plants are battling with low gas shortages.
The minister assured that there are ongoing efforts to restore electricity to the affected areas in the country.
“I sincerely regret the recent electricty outages across the Nation and the difficulties it has brought with it, and wish to assure my Fellow Nigerians that everyone involved is working assiduously to restore the National grid to its previous historical levels and exceed that,” Mamman said.