The Federal Government has asked China to attest to the
competence and integrity of two Chinese firms contracted to execute two power
projects in Nigeria. The government said such a gesture would be necessary in
view of the importance it attached to power projects such as the 3,500
megawatts Mambilla hydropower project and the 700mw Zungeru hydropower project
being handled by two Chinese firms, SINO Hydro and China Gezhouba Group Company
Ltd (CGGC).
Minister of State for Power, Mr. Darius Ishaku, at a meeting
with the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Beng Boqing, in Abuja, stated the
concern of the Federal Government on the two companies handling the projects. The
minister added that the government would subcontract some parts of the project
to other contractors to quicken the realization of the projects’ objectives
within the expected period. According to
him, the Federal Government is not comfortable with the companies and has
reasons to doubt their ability to successfully handle the projects. This, he
said, had made the Federal Government to direct CGGC to pair with SINO Hydro to
achieve the targets set for the various projects.
In response to the government’s demand, Boqing, who vouched
for the integrity of the companies, said they were as famous in China as they
are in Nigeria in areas of hydropower technology.
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