The wife of the Governor of Borno, Dr Falmata Zulum, the Ambassador of the state of Palestine to Nigeria, Ahmed Elkachachi, 102-year old Pan Africanist, Mrs Josephine Ezeanyache and others on Sunday night received the 2021 African Peace Ambassador Awards, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN reports that the African Peace Ambassador Awards […]
more(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senior Special Adviser to Governor Victor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State on Agricultural Empowerment Programs, Mr. Obinna Ndukwe Ibiam, has resigned his appointment. He told newsmen Sunday in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, via statement that he decided to quit the job due to certain irreconcilable issues. The former Ikpeazu aide […]
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Hope rises for Taraba-based $5.8bn Mambilla hydro project
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By Obas Esiedesa
WHEN in November 2017, the Federal Government formally signed a $5.8 billion contract for the Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project in Taraba State, it was seen as a watershed in the long history of the project that was billed to become Nigeria’s largest electricity producer with an installed capacity of 3,050 megawatts.
With the engineering, procurement and construction, EPC, contracts awarded to a consortium of Chinese companies, led by China Gezhouba Group, 85 percent of the financing for the project was to be provided by the China Exim Bank, while the Federal Government was expected to bear 15 percent of the cost. Despite the contracts agreement, work on the project has been delayed following legal issues and other bureaucratic bottlenecks.