Fresh and damning facts are emerging about the 3,050 megawatts (MW) Mambilla Hydropower Project (MHP) in Taraba State as residents accuse authorities of perennial extortion with a promise of compensation ahead of relocating them.
Part of the report, which was aired today by Trust TV station, uncovered that over N3 billion has been budgeted in the last 10 years for the survey, mapping and compensation around the project site.
The project had been on the drawing board for over 40 years.
The federal government is expected to pay compensation to locals so that they would move out to pave way for the take-off of the multi-billion naira project that will provide electricity and expand the potentials of the agriculture sector.
While the take-off of the project remains a mirage amidst repeated optimism in government circles, some of the locals living around the site for the proposed Mambilla Hydropower Project have voiced out their reservations over the attitude of the people sent to conduct survey works in the place.
