By: Tonebsky Nesta
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has rolled out his administration’s plan to tackle the state energy problem which is 900 megawatts short of its requirement.
Addressing a gathering of Deltans at Peabody Hotel in Effurun at the human rights inaugural lecture, the Governor explained that apart from embarking, “on the phased construction of the Delta State power grid transmission line from the Delta IV power station at Ekakpamre to Ogwashi-uku”, his administration has initiated an independent integrated approach to providing uninterrupted power to all nooks and crannies of the state. The Governor who was represented by his aide on Grassroots Mobilization, Hon. Solomon Edoja, disclosed that the state government has also commenced action on the construction of its own small scale power plant that will generate about 120 megawatts of electricity before the end of 2010. While noting the challenges faced by the state government, particularly by federal regulation, Dr. Uduaghan stressed that his administration has so far paid N15.9billion counterpart fund to the federal government towards the success of the National Independent Power Projects. The Governor also noted that his administration has completed 200 out of 350 on-going electricity projects, involving the construction and installation of 300KVA, 33/11KV transformer substations with accompanying overhead/low tension lines.
Fresh Angle gathered that out of about 1000MW power demand required in Delta State, only 100MW is available from the Power Holding Company of Nigeria.
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