FG signs contract for Gurara II Dam to increase power generation by 360MW

By Nneka Nwogwugwu

The Federal Government has signed the Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract for the Gurara II Dam project.

The Punch reports that the contract is part of plans to raise the country’s power generation by about 360MW.

Nigeria’s power generation hovers around 4,500MW and 5,000MW for a population of about 200 million people.

Documents sighted at the Federal Ministry of Water Resources in Abuja on Friday showed that the signing of the EPC contract for the 360MW project was one of the major achievements of the FMWR in recent times.

Outlining some of its major achievements in the document, the water ministry said: “Signing EPC contract of Gurara II Dam project with 360MW hydropower;

“Initiation of Itsi Multipurpose Dam (water supply, irrigation and hydropower) project in Kaduna State;

“Initiation of Hawal Inter-basin Water Transfer Project.”

In the document, the ministry further stated that the hydropower potential of Nigeria’s dams was 12,220MW.

It, however, noted that only 1,930MW had been developed through the Kainji, Jebba and Shiroro hydropower plants.