Di Federal Government don begin fresh move to bring back di long-delayed Mambila Hydropower Project, as e don engage Energy China to look for di most workable way make dem for deliver di project, including di possibility of doing am stage by stage.
Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, disclose dis development for Abuja for meeting wey mark im first 100 days for office. According to di minister, di move follow Nigeria victory for arbitration mata wey concern di Mambila Hydropower Project.
Tegbe talk say di ministry don direct Energy China, wey dey involved with di project, to examine different ways wey fit make di project move from long delay enta actual construction. One of di options wey government dey consider na phased implementation, meaning say dem fit carry di project go forward gradually instead of waiting to complete everything at once.
Di Mambila project dey Taraba State and na one of Nigeria biggest planned hydropower projects. Earlier reports put di planned generation capacity at about 3,050 megawatts, while older project documents and court proceedings don a refer to larger figures depending on di version of di project plan. Di project don remain under legal and contractual disputes for many years, with di original arrangements dating back to 2003.
Di long legal dispute around di project don involve Nigeria and Sunrise Power and Transmission Company, with international arbitration becoming part of di disagreement. Separate court proceedings for Nigeria concern allegations connected to di original award of di project contract. Former Power Minister Olu Agunloye don deny di allegations against am and plead not guilty to di charges wey EFCC bring against am.
Tegbe say di Federal Government victory for di arbitration don create opportunity for government to focus again on how to deliver di project. But di latest directive no mean say construction don start immediately. Instead, Energy China still need to examine di practical delivery arrangement and advise on di best way forward.
Di minister too place Mambila inside Nigeria wider plan to expand electricity generation. He say large hydropower projects, including Mambila, together with smaller hydropower schemes wey fit support agricultural areas, dey part of Nigeria medium- and long-term electricity strategy.
Di renewed attention to Mambila dey come as government dey also discuss wider cooperation with Chinese companies for Nigeria power sector. Tegbe say recent Nigeria-China power mission secure commitments from companies including Sinomach, CMEC and CNEEC, alongside Chinese financiers, to support priority electricity projects.
Among di projects wey di minister mention na di 1.9-gigawatt Presidential Power Initiative, Zungeru power evacuation project and planned transmission developments. Di government too dey pursue beta transmission network, grid digitalisation with beta use of existing electricity assets.
For ordinary Nigerians, di main question go be weda dis renewed government engagement fit finally move Mambila from years of legal and administrative delays into actual construction and, eventually, electricity generation. For now, government don only announce fresh engagement and technical consideration of delivery options; di timeline for full construction and completion still never clear.
Di Mambila project beta place for Nigeria power history because government don see am as one major source of additional electricity generation for many years. But di project also carry long history of contractual disagreement, court proceedings and financing questions.
As Energy China dey examine di possible delivery models, di next major step go be weda government and di contractor fit agree for financing, construction arrangement, project phases and implementation timetable. Until dem settle those matters, di latest development remain a renewed attempt to push di Mambila project forward rather than proof say di project don enter full construction stage.
Di development don show say Federal Government don return Mambila to di centre of Nigeria long-term electricity expansion plan, with phased construction now among di options wey government dey consider.
FG don engage Energy China to find practical way to revive Mambila Hydropower Project for Taraba, including possible phased construction, after Nigeria arbitration victory.
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