ABUJA: Nigeria said China Civil Engineering Corp. will build a US$5.8bil hydro-power station in the country’s eastern Mambila region with a capacity to generate 3,050 megawatts (MW).
China’s Export-Import Bank will provide 85% of the funding for the project, which is scheduled to be completed in six years, Power, Works and Housing Minister Babatunde Fashola told reporters on Wednesday in the capital, Abuja. Nigeria will contribute the remaining funds.
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