Niger communities sue FG N1.1tr over Zungeru power project

No fewer than five riverine communities, representing 2, 844 aborigines of Samboro settlements in Madaka District of Rafi Council of Niger State have sued the Federal Government at the State High Court, demanding N1, 115, 595,47, 588 as compensation and general damages for economic degradation and destruction of their environment, occasioned by construction of the Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Dam.