Reverse concessioning of Zungeru power plant, Senate tells FG

The Senate Tuesday urged the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) and the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE) to terminate arrangements regarding the Zungeru Power Plant concessions.  It queried both BPE and ICRC for going ahead with the concession arrangements despite its earlier resolution that the action be put on hold until the power plant had […]

The Senate Tuesday urged the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) and the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE) to terminate arrangements regarding the Zungeru Power Plant concessions.

 It queried both BPE and ICRC for going ahead with the concession arrangements despite its earlier resolution that the action be put on hold until the power plant had been completed and tested.

 The resolutions followed the consideration of a report on the ongoing bid to concession the 700 MW Zungeru Hydro-electric Power Plant in Niger State presented by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Power, Gabriel Suswam (PDP, Benue).

 The Senate asked the Ministry of Power to liaise with all the stakeholders to resolve all identified constraints that could frustrate the objective of the concession.  

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The constraints, it said, included 100 per cent completion and testing of the plant to confirm that 700MW was delivered by the contractor.

It also included the completion of the 35km 132kv transmission line to Tegina Substation as a precondition for the evacuation of the 700MW to be generated from the plant.

 The ministry was also asked to resolve all disputes over unsettled variation claims made by the contractor.