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Cominière: "The AVZ POWER - Congolese State agreement is irregular"
24.11.2022
The protocol signed between the Congolese State and the company AVZ POWER SAU on January 13, 2020 is irregular. This is the reaction of the general manager of La Cominière following the press release published last Sunday by 12 NGOs. Athanase Mwamba declares that the company AVZ POWER has no connection with the Congolese company Cominière.
Indeed, Cominière rejects the agreement concluded between the Minister of Water Resources and Electricity, Eustache Muhanzi, and AVZ POWER. This memorandum of understanding concerns the rehabilitation of the Mpiana Mwanga I and II dam located in the territory of Manono. The general manager of this public company disputes the procedure adopted for his signature. According to Athanase Mwamba, AVZ Minerals had made contact with the Ministry of Water Resources without his company being informed. However, he indicates, AVZ Minerals and Cominière are partners in the lithium mining project.
La Cominière declares that there is no relationship between it and the company AVZ POWER which has claims on the dam. “The file had been brought to the attention of Prime Minister Ilunga Ilunkamba who had qualified this memorandum of understanding as illegal”, specifies the DG of Cominière.
Soon the start of the work
As owner of the Mpiana Mwanga dam, the public company launched a restricted tender in September 2022. It was supported in this procedure by the provincial procurement department. Nevertheless, Cominière claims to have written to its partner AVZ Mineral to express its interest in the project. But AVZ Mineral would not have responded to this call.
As a result, the CEO of La Cominière confirms that the contract has been awarded to the Katamba mining company of the Chinese group Zinjin. Athanase Mwamba ensures that the rehabilitation works of the Mpiana Mwanga power plant will start soon. And besides, he says, discussions between this new partner and the country's authorities took place on Tuesday.
As a reminder, 12 civil society NGOs accused the company last Sunday of blocking the development of the Lithium mining project. For these organizations, the Congolese State must respect the agreement signed with AVZ POWER.
La Guardia magazine / MCP, via mediacongo.net
Le protocole signé entre L’Etat Congolais et l’entreprise AVZ POWER SAU le 13 janvier 2020 est irrégulier. C’est la réaction du directeur...
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