JUST IN: Mallam Mele Kyari (GMD, NNPC) And Gov. Zulum Perform Groundbreaking Ceremony of the Maiduguri & Environs Emergency Power Project (MEPP). (Photos)

The Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) , Mallam Mele Kyari has joined the Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum to perform the Groundbreaking Ceremony of the Maiduguri & Environs Emergency Power Project (MEPP).

The ceremony will officially mark the commencement of the construction of a 50-megawatt gas turbine power plant expected to generate electricity to the city of Maiduguri, Borno State, and environs.

The MEPP is a Federal Government intervention strategy in tackling the perpetual power outage in Maiduguri, caused mostly as a result of incessant vandalism of critical power infrastructure by insurgents.