BY ONYEKA AJUMOBI ONOCHIE
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N8.1 billion for the completion of the ongoing construction of Farin-Ruwa multipurpose dam in Nasarawa State, North Central Nigeria..
The Minister of Water Resources, Engr.Suleiman Adamu, who disclosed this to State House Correspondents on Wednesday after the third virtual meeting of the Council, said the project was actually started by the Nasarawa State Government in 2013 but was, in 2018, handed over to the Federal Government for completion on the request of the State Government.
He said President Muhammadu Buhari, who presided over the meeting, approved the project, a multipurpose dam initiative with provision for water supply, irrigation and 20 megawatts hydropower station.
He said, “All we intend to do at the federal level is to complete the dam and then hope that we can get a concessionaire to take over the hydropower component which includes the construction of power house, the turbines and the transmission lines,” adding that the contract sum is actually N8.14billion, taxes inclusive, with a completion period of 24 months.
“It consists of the completion of the dam embankment, spring lay and outlet works for the water supply and hydropower component, 20 kilometers of access road as well as rehabilitation of some service quarters,” he further stressed.