The Federal Government of Nigeria has listed nine completed and ongoing hydropower projects being prepared to add 2,672 megawatts of electricity to the national grid.
It included the projects in its latest document containing the status of the country’s hydropower sector, which was obtained from the Federal Ministry of Water Resources in Abuja by our reporter on Monday.
FMWR statistics showed that the nine projects were located in five states including Kaduna, Taraba, Gombe, Benue, and Nasarawa.
They contain the 30MW Gurara I hydropower project in Kaduna, completed and put on concession; 360MW Gurara II plant, also in Kaduna, with its engineering, procurement, and construction contract already awarded.
Others are the Kashimbila, Dadin-Kowa, and Itis hydropower projects with capacities of 40MW each and located in Taraba, Gombe, and Kaduna states respectively.
The federal government also said both the Kashimbila and Dadin-Kowa hydropower projects had been completed and were ready for concession, while a Memorandum of Understanding had been signed with Kaduna State on the Itis project.
It said three other hydropower projects, namely, Bawarku, 182MW; Makurdi, 1,500MW; and Katsina-Ala, 460MW, were all located in Benue State.
The ministry stated that the Bawarku Hydropower project was in its Outline Business Case approval stage by the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, while the Makurdi project was undergoing re-validation of the ICRC certification.
The Outline Business Case for the Katsina-Ala Hydropower project is currently ongoing, according to the FMWR.
