Landslide cuts off road leading to Mambila Power Plant in Taraba

Landslide has cut off the 100m road leading to the Mambilla Hydo Power Plant at Leki Taba in Sardauna Council Area of Taraba State.
Alhaji Hassan Mijinyawa, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State, made the disclosure on Monday in Jalingo while briefing newsmen.
Mijinyawa said 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.
Mijinyawa said: “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.”