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Land
By Mohammed Bababusu
Lafia, Sept.27, 2016(NAN) The Nasarawa Government has donated 50 hectares of land to the National Integrated Power Project (NIPP) to fast track the construction of a 330MW power station in Lafia.
Gov.Umaru Al-makura announced this on Tuesday during an inspection of the facility in Akurba area of Lafia.
Al-makura said that the stepping down of the 330MW power line that transversed from Makurdi to Jos would provide power generation to the state and other neighbouring places like the FCT.
He said the project would boost economic activities and open up the state for industrialisation.
The governor said that by so doing, it would create employment opportunities for the people and fight poverty in the state.
He said that his administration had made efforts in ensuring that the project became a reality.
Al-Makura therefore urged the Federal Government to speed up work for the people of the state to start benefiting from the project.
The governor also explained that the land earmarked for the project was already secured with a fence and compensation had been paid.
He called on the people of the state, especially the host community, to support the government and the NIPP to ensure that the completion of the project.
The governor re-stated his administration’s commitment to continue to key in to projects that had direct bearing on the lives of the citizens. (NAN)
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Edited by David Onilede/Idris Abdulrahman