The Federal Ministry of Water Resources yesterday in Abuja issued a water use permit to Winners Power Garden Ltd for the construction of an earth Dam capable of generating 28 megawatts of electricity.
The permit would enable the company gain access to the proposed project site as well as finalize the project design after which a substantive water use license would be granted to the company after due diligence.
The company said it had an embedded license from the Ministry of Power to generate 28mw of electricity from damming the Okura River located close to Ofejiji village in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State.
With the embedded license, the company said it would be able to generate and use its electricity without transferring to the national grid.
Speaking at the event, Mr Ruben Habu, Coordinating Director, Nigeria Integrated Water Resources Management Commission said that the issuing of the permit form part of the current administration’s determination to increase nation’s power generating capacity.
Dr Jacob Abdullahi, Chairman, Winner Power Garden said that as the first company in Nigeria to be granted an embedded hydro power generation license, the company had acquired over 21,000 hectares of land around the dam area to attract more than one hundred other companies to the area.
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