The Mambilla hydropower project is expected to increase the national grid by 30 per cent when completed.
The contract cost is worth $5.7bn with 85 per cent funding ($4.85bn) from the Chinese Export-Import Bank (EXIM) while the federal government is providing a counterpart funding of $850 million which is the balance of 15 per cent.
In the 2021 appropriation (budget), the ministry has pegged N200m for the survey work of the project.
The consultancy services for enumeration and valuation of communities and persons to be affected will gulp N75m while another N75m will be spent on what the ministry described as detailed engineering design, project management and supervision of the project.
The late former SSG was also a retired permanent secretary.
He held several administrative positions under Taraba State government before his appointment as Secretary to Taraba State Government by former Governor Jolly Nyame in 1999 and served for five years.
He was survived by one wife and five children. He was buried in Yola according to lslamic rites.
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Ambassador Njiwah was a very patriotic leader, teacher, seasoned diplomat, highly resourceful administrator and a highly loved statesman, who spared nothing in his sacrificial contribution towards the unity and development of our dear nation.
As a member of our party’s National Working Committee before his destined elevation to the exalted stool of the highly revered Mbonduah of Mbamnga Chiefdom, Amb. Njiwah, was a stabilizing force, who made outstanding contributions for the stability, growth and success of our great party in his home state, Taraba, the Northeast zone as well as at the national level.
The Federal Government, under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, has launched Vision 30:30:30.
That means 30 gigawatts to be achieved with 30 per cent renewables by 2030.
This is the vision of Mr President as regards the power sector.
Coming to the Federal Ministry of Power under my leadership, I have five focal areas as my roadmap.
The first is the alignment of the whole electricity value chain – generation, transmission and distribution; the increase of power generation capacity; access to power in unserved and underserved communities; boosting of market liquidity, and completion of legacy projects like Mambilla and Zungeru hydropower; and lastly, enhancing coordination and system planning.
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