(http://fmi.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Hajia-Zainab-Ibrahim-Kuchi-300x224.jpg) The Minister of State for Power, Hajiya Zainab Ibrahim Kuchi has reiterated the determination of the Federal Government to adhere to implementation plans of the Zungeru hydro project to ensure its completion in record time.
While speaking in her office, Ibrahim Kuchi debunked the insinuation that there are unresolved issues with the Niger State Government and the Locals living in the project area. She stressed that all the parties are working together to make a success of the project.
She further said that both officials of the Ministry and Community Resettlement Consultants, are working on ascertaining and confirming the number of affected persons; very soon they will be done with the issuing of identification cards to those that would be genuinely affected as captured by the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report, and thereafter they will be captured through biometric, prior to valuation of their compensation claims.
The Minister assured that thorough work has been done in the three affected Local Government Areas namely: Wushishi, Shiroro and Rafi, stressing that the report had identified about 90 villages as communities that will be affected by the project.
During the exercise, the Ministry of Power, and the Consultants, Messrs Mohammed & Co. and George Nze & Co. will engage with the State Ministry of Lands, Local Governments and the locals in the affected areas to ensure that no one is short changed in the exercise.
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