Project
Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project
NigeriaPower Generation, Energy Infrastructure
Long-delayed 3,050MW hydro project. EPC contract re-awarded to China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in August 2024 — a genuine contractual event, the project's latest achieved milestone. This does NOT constitute financial close, construction mobilisation, or any other achieved delivery milestone: no independent evidence of drawdown or mobilisation was found. An unresolved international arbitration (Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Limited, the original 2003-era concessionaire) continues to create legal uncertainty. Target completion 2030 is a low-confidence forecast given the project's documented multi-decade delay pattern.
Status
Development / PlanningStatus
Restructured / Negotiation and Implementation StageProcurement Status
Value
USD 5.8 billionContract Value
Scale & Capacity
3,050 MWPlanned installed capacity
Overview
- Location
- Taraba State, Nigeria
- Financing
- China Eximbank publicly stated to finance 85% (~$4.9bn); Federal Government 15% (~$870m) — publicly stated financing terms, NOT treated as confirmed financial close; no independent evidence of drawdown or construction mobilisation was found
- Scale / Scope
- 3,050MW hydro project. CAUTION — DELIVERY CREDIBILITY: this project has a 15+ year history of announced-but-undelivered milestones and does not have a confirmed financial close or construction mobilisation as of this research cutoff, despite outsized public awareness. An unresolved international arbitration involving the original 2003-era concessionaire, Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Limited, continues to create legal uncertainty over the project's contractual history. Target completion 2030 is a low-confidence forecast given this documented delay pattern. Included in this corpus because excluding Nigeria's most-asked-about power project would itself reduce product credibility — not because its near-term delivery is considered likely.
Participants & Roles
Government Entity / Grantor
EPC Contractor
Sources
- PIDA/AU Investment Prospectus — Mambilla project overview, status "Proposed"Multilateral / DFI
- Businessday NG — Mambilla dispute timeline and CCECC re-awardIndustry / Trade Source
- AidData (china.aiddata.org) — China Eximbank Mambilla financing trackingIndustry / Trade Source