Zungeru, NIGER—President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, kick-started the N162.9 billion Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Project in Niger State. Jonathan said the hydro dam project when constructed would generate 700 Mega Watts of electricity for the country.
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According to him, the Zungeru Hydro Electricity Power Project was conceived 32 years ago in 1982, but due to constraints of funds the construction work could not commence.
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Jonathan said his administration had now solved the financial challenge, which was holding the construction of the dam, by making funds available to build it.
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He explained that it was in 1982 that the former National Electricity Power Authority, NEPA, identified the potentials of hydroelectric dam in Zungeru.