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Tuesday\u2019s move is expected to \u201cboost Nigeria\u2019s power generation capacity and contribute significantly to meeting the country\u2019s growing energy demands,\u201d a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Communications, Stanley Nkwocha, read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government on Tuesday officially transferred<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FG hands over Zungeru power plant to concessionaire - Bureau of Public Enterprise<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bpe.gov.ng\/staging\/fg-hands-over-zungeru-power-plant-to-concessionaire\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FG hands over Zungeru power plant to concessionaire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Federal Government on Tuesday officially transferred\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bpe.gov.ng\/staging\/fg-hands-over-zungeru-power-plant-to-concessionaire\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bureau of Public Enterprise\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-26T19:03:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-08T01:36:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bpe.gov.ng\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/hydro-power-fg.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"BPE Communications\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@BPENigeria\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@BPENigeria\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"BPE Communications\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bpe.gov.ng\\\/staging\\\/fg-hands-over-zungeru-power-plant-to-concessionaire\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bpe.gov.ng\\\/staging\\\/fg-hands-over-zungeru-power-plant-to-concessionaire\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"BPE Communications\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bpe.gov.ng\\\/staging\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f460e59a81ee781678b5c709e6ccc574\"},\"headline\":\"FG hands over Zungeru power plant to concessionaire\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-26T19:03:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-08T01:36:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bpe.gov.ng\\\/staging\\\/fg-hands-over-zungeru-power-plant-to-concessionaire\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":79,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bpe.gov.ng\\\/staging\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bpe.gov.ng\\\/staging\\\/fg-hands-over-zungeru-power-plant-to-concessionaire\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bpe.gov.ng\\\/staging\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/hydro-power-fg.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bpe.gov.ng\\\/staging\\\/fg-hands-over-zungeru-power-plant-to-concessionaire\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bpe.gov.ng\\\/staging\\\/fg-hands-over-zungeru-power-plant-to-concessionaire\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bpe.gov.ng\\\/staging\\\/fg-hands-over-zungeru-power-plant-to-concessionaire\\\/\",\"name\":\"FG hands over Zungeru power plant to concessionaire - 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