Monarch writes Tinubu over 3,050mw Mambilla hydro power dispute
02 January 2024 |
6:33 am
EMIR of Mambilla, Dr Shehu Baju II, has urged the Federal Government to explore amicable means to resolve the dispute surrounding the Mambilla Hydro Power project to enable the country to enjoy the immense benefits of the 3,050 megawatts hydroelectric ...
EMIR of Mambilla, Dr Shehu Baju II, has urged the Federal Government to explore amicable means to resolve the dispute surrounding the Mambilla Hydro Power project to enable the country to enjoy the immense benefits of the 3,050 megawatts hydroelectric power-generating project.
In a letter to President Bola Tinubu, Baju, who is also the President of Sardauna Traditional Council, Taraba State, expressed concerns over the lingering dispute hindering the project, noting that the dispute also stalled the lighting up of the Mambilla Plateau, which has tremendous tourism and agricultural potential.
The letter dated December 18, and entitled ‘The Mambilla Hydro Power Project and Final Resolve 40 years on’ reads: “We call on you, the President, to cast your lenses on the Mambilla Hydro Project, which is capable of generating over 50,000 skilled jobs with economic/technical spillovers and 3.500mw of electricity in the North East region and Nigeria as a whole.
“Your Excellency, we also call on your good office to enforce amicable resolution between the contractors and any ongoing dispute, which has stalled this project. Sunrise Powers Transmission, for one, has visited us numerous times, acquainted themselves with our people and accepted us.”
It noted that the Chairperson of Sunrise, Mr Leno Adesanya, was recently conferred with a traditional title ‘Tauraru of Mambilla (Star and Light) for his effort over the years and support to the kingdom towards actualising the project.
“We have followed keenly as events unfold and seek your intervention, towards an amicable solution to enable progress and reality of this viable project.”
“We ask the President to support both the local content and international partners in ensuring a successful start and completion of this viable project aimed towards local, regional and national development.”
Two notable lawyers, Wole Olanipekun (SAN) and Afe Babalola (SAN), had also advised the Federal Government to resolve the ongoing dispute, which is under arbitration at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The top lawyers, in separate official letters to the Federal Government, advised her to amicably resolve the dispute, saying that unlike the Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID) case, which was tainted with corruption and preemptive contractual loopholes, the Mambilla/Sunrise case might be different.
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