The Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, has directed the early completion of the Zungeru power plant.
The Minister gave the directives while receiving the consultants and contractors for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction, EPC, of the 700MW Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Project in Abuja on Friday.
He assured the contractors of the Federal Government’s resolve to surmount the challenges faced by the contractors in the discharge of their duties which bothers on security, COVID-19, cost adjustment owing to the extra work outside the contracted sum and the delay in the release of funds by China Exim Bank.
An Agreement with Exim Bank of China negates the current policy of the government which transferred government accounts in all the commercial banks to the Treasury Single Account, TSA.
The Zungeru hydropower plant project is located on Kaduna River, 8km upstream of the confluence with the Gumna River in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State.
This is approximately 20km northeast of Zungeru, 25km southeast of Tegina, 43km northwest of Minna, and 77km downstream of the Shiroro Power Plant.