A drama played out at the power ministry when contractors handling the 3,050 megawatts Mambilla Hydro and the 700 megawatts Zungeru Hydro plants openly engaged the Minister of State for Power, Zainab Kuchi, over the expected date of completion of projects.
The quarrel took place Tuesday night after parties signed contract documents for both projects in Abuja. The Mambilla project will cost $3. 2billion (N512bn) and was awarded Chinese Sino Hydro Corporation while the Zungeru project will gulp $1.2billion (N192 bn.) and was in favour of the China National Electrical Equipment Corporation.
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