The Federal Government has allocated 43 billion naira for a new multilateral/bilateral project-tied loan on Zungeru hydro- electric power project in Niger State.
It was gathered that the ongoing consultancy services for the 700 megawatts Zungeru hydropower project, survey and land demarcation also got 900 million naira.
In the budget, 250 million naira was also billed for consultancy services for enumeration and valuation of communities and persons to be affected by the ongoing 3,050 megawatts Mambilla Electric Hydropower Project, MHEPP.
The Advisory/Consultancy Services for the Mambilla project equally got 150 million naira, while the consultancy services for land surveyors of the area affected by the ongoing power project got 50 million naira.
In addition, N200 million was allocated for Advisory/Consultancy and backstopping for the project, bringing the total allocation for consultancy, valuation services for the Mambilla project to 650 million naira.
