The Northern Elders Forum has called on FGN to focus on resolving the Mambilla Hydropower dispute and ensure the project comes to fruition within the shortest possible time. While commending President Tinubu (GCFR) for taking bold steps on critical policies and infrastructural projects, The NEF have asked Mr. President to focus on resolving the Mambilla hydro project.
The same wisdom applied in resolving the OML 245 dispute and the swift nature in executing the milestone Calabar Coastal Highway project, is the same wisdom and ability the NEF has called on Mr. President to apply with the Mambilla hydro project in the Northeast region of Nigeria.
The NEF and Arewa consultative forum are clamouring for swift resolution and execution, sighting how the project is an antidote to abject poverty and insecurity in the Northeast region.
The Mambilla hydropower project is expected to generate 50,000 short-term jobs, long-term economic spillovers and 3,050 megawatts of hydropower electricity capable of industrializing the Northeast region and strengthening the general productivity of the nation.