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The Federal Government has agreed to pay $200 million to Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Limited (SPTCL) as final settlement of the dispute over the Mambila power project in Taraba State.
The settlement deal signed on January 21, 2020, was sealed by Minster of Power, Sale Mamman, and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami.
The 3,050-megawatt (Mw) facility will be the second largest hydropower plant in Africa if completed, but has suffered severe delays since construction began almost 40 years ago.
In 2017, Sunrise Power, which claimed to have been awarded the build, operate and transfer (BoT) contract in 2003, dragged the Federal Government and its Chinese partners before the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris, France, over alleged breach of contract.
The Credible Igbo Women Initiative (CIWI) has raised serious concern about the spate of insecurity in the southeast and different parts of the country.
Nollywood veteran, Clarion Chukwura, who is worried about the situation, said the organisation observed with deep concern that market men and women continue to suffer greatly at the hands of security forces.
The spokesperson of CIWI, Onyeka Onwenu, in a statement said insecurity in Igboland and in Nigeria, generally, has resulted in lives being wasted daily. x
Onwenu said: The fact that the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in section 14(2) states unequivocally that, The security and welfare of the citizens shall be the primary function of the government.
Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, House of Representatives member, is seeking justice for a man seriously injured during a hit-and-run crash in May 2021, saying the
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