President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday announced that all was set to begin the construction of the 3050 megawatts (mw) Mambilla hydro power project in Taraba state and the 700megawatts Zungeru hydro plants in Niger state.
He said that 10 new power plants were being built and would be concluded by 2013 to add additional 5, 000 megawatts to the national grid.
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