The Federal Government has announced that testing has commenced on the 700 megawatts Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Plant ahead of the evaluation of electricity from the facility to the national grid.
It also stated that the 1.3 billion dollars project, located in Niger State, had been connected to the national grid, in contrast to claims in some quarters that the plant was not connected to the grid.
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu through his Special Adviser, Strategic Communication and Media Relations, Bolaji Tunji, disclosed this in Abuja on Sunday, saying that the facility had been completed.
Adelabu said, “The payments by the concessionaire have been made and the official handing over of this plant has been done to the concessionaire, which is Mainstream Energy Limited, who are the current operators of Kainji and Jabba hydroelectric power plants.
“The stage we are now in is technical handing over by the Chinese consultants that built the Zungeru hydroelectric power plant to the concessionaire. This is because there is a one-year defect liability, where these contractors need to be on the project site to ensure that whatever problem occurs within one year, they can fix it.
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