Landslide has cut off the 100 metre road leading to the
Mambilla Hydo Power Plant at Leki Taba in Sardauna Area
Council of Taraba state.
Alhaji Hassan Mijinyawa, the Chief Press Secretary to Gov.
Darius Ishaku, made the disclosure on Monday in Jalingo while
briefing newsmen.
He said that the landslide had cut off the people of the area from
the rest of the country.
He said that if completed, the power plant had the potential to
generate over 3,700 megawatts of electricity.
Mijinyawa said that a significant portion of the road is under
imminent threat of being cut off as the embankment had
collapsed.
He urged the people of the area to remain calm; saying contract
for the rehabilitation of the road had already been awarded by
the state government to PW to avoid further damage.
The CPS said the state government had to intervene and award
the contract in spite of lean resources even though the road was
a federal highway.
“Waiting for the federal government may delay the project and
further prolong the sufferings of the people who are cut off
from the rest of the country,’’ he said.