Thursday, 31 August 2017

Nigeria FG approves construction of 3,050MW Mambilla electricity project at $5.7 billion: Bayelsa electricity consumers threaten to shut down PHED over tariff increase


The Federal Executive Council, FEC, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, approved $5.792 billion (about N1.140 trillion) for the development of the three,050 megawatts Mambilla Hydro-Power project at Gembu in Taraba.


The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, disclosed this whereas addressing State House correspondents aboard the ministers of labour and employment similarly because the minister of sports, on the result of the Council’s meeting.

“The note from the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing was to the award of the Mambilla Hydro-Power plant. i feel that several of you have got detected of this project.

“Nigeria started talking regarding it since 1972; that's regarding forty five years past.

“Several efforts had been created to bring it to reality however I’m happy to announce that this government approved the contract these days to joint ventures of Chinese Civil and Engineering company for the engineering and turn-key contract, as well as civil and electro-mechanical works for $5.792 billion.

“The construction ought to take regarding seventy two months (6 years),” he said.

According to him, the scope of works of the project can embody the development of 4 dams and 700 kilometres of transmission lines.

The minister aforesaid the project, once completed, would boost the nation’s economy because it would unleash the potential that had been reportable regarding Mambilla within the fields of agriculture, commercial enterprise and energy.

“It also will facilitate African country strike a awfully huge blow on the temperature change issue and fulfil its commitment below the Paris Agreement, as a result of this can be reaching to be renewable energy, returning additionally at a comparatively competitive value.

Mr. Fashola aforesaid the project would be together supported by the national and therefore the China Export Import, EXIM, Bank.

EXIM bank can offer eighty five per cent of the value whereas the national would supply fifteen per cent.

The Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, told the correspondents that he bestowed to the council, the AfroBasket ladies champions, World Health Organization once twelve years, won the championship in Republic of Mali on Sunday.

“When they were bestowed to the ministry yesterday, we have a tendency to wanted the approval of Mr. President that he gracefully approved to receive them these days and so they were received in council and having emerged as champions, they're qualified for the competition in Espana in 2018.”

“Although we've athletes World Health Organization had competed in different sports and had won laurels for the country, we have a tendency to felt it had been economical to gift the team that was handy on ground in sight of the actual fact that if you cross-check the element of players, they were mixed with national players and foreign based mostly.

“So, we have a tendency to got the chance handy and had received them and for those we've not been ready to do, we'll still pair at the suitable time, knowing too well that this government is usually committed to receiving and honouring our athletes whenever they create the country proud,” he said.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, explained that the council approved Boiler and Pressure Vessel Regulation to confirm industrial safety within the country.

He aforesaid the approval was in line with international best practices to safeguard lives and property within the industrial sector of the nation’s economy.


Bayelsa electricity consumers threaten to shut down PHED over tariff increase

 

Led by the Bayelsa State Association of Bulk-Bill Electricity Consumers (ABEC), the consumers ventilated their anger by taking to the streets, giving a 24-hour ultimatum for company to reverse to the old tariff.


Bayelsa electricity shoppers threaten to clean up PHED over tariff increase
By Julius Osahon, Yenagoa | thirty one August 2017 | 4:10 am

Led by the Bayelsa State Association of Bulk-Bill Electricity shoppers (ABEC), the shoppers oxygenated their anger by taking to the streets, giving a 24-hour demand for company to reverse to the previous tariff.

Angered by the a hundred per cent increase in electricity tariff, shoppers in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, yesterday protested against the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED).

They vulnerable to clean up their business activities within the state if the impulsive hike within the tariff wasn't reversed.

Led by the Bayelsa State Association of Bulk-Bill Electricity shoppers (ABEC), the shoppers oxygenated their anger by taking to the streets, giving a 24-hour demand for company to reverse to the previous tariff.

Placards carrying members of the association aforesaid the unexpected increment, that took them rapidly, was obligatory on them by a sub-contracting firm to PHED, Agidi Energy and Tools restricted while not pre-information to residents.

Some of the placards had inscription like ‘Bayelsans reject hundred per cent increase’, ‘we say no to Agidi grounds business’, ‘Agidi is defrauding Bayelsans’, and ‘we square measure peace enamored folks, we have a tendency to don’t wish crisis,’ among others.

Chairman of the Association, Ebi Ozegbe told The Guardian that previously, every electrical device was paying between N100, 000 and N200, 000 reckoning on the population of the world however were currently being forced to pay four hundred,000 per electrical device.

Effort to succeed in the Business Manager of the PHED whose name was merely given as Engineer Moses wasn't roaring as he neither more establishedd true|gone through|had|undergone|passed through|saw|felt|suffered} his calls nor replied an SMS to his cellular phone.

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