Ngige Raises Hope On Electricity Supply

Vice-Chairman, Senate Committee on Power and Steel, Sen. Chris Ngige, has assured?that there will be improvement in power supply across the country soon.

The senator, representing Anambra Central District, gave the assurance while fielding questions from newsmen in Awka.

According to him, the Independent Power Plant (IPP) programme?being carried out by government is aimed at alleviating the suffering of Nigerians over the epileptic power supply in the country.

The senator?assured that the IPP programmes would save small and medium scale industries from closing shops, adding that Awka residents would soon begin to enjoy improved power supply with the new transmission line at Agu-Awka Power Station coming on stream.

He said that the Agu-Awka Power Station, a new transmission line in Anambra, was already being test-run for the past three weeks, and would be officially commissioned soon.

“This is part of the Independent Power Plant (IPP) programme of the Federal Government on the power sector.  “What we have in Agu-Awka Power Station is a new transmission line under a test-run and that explains why in the past three weeks major parts of the state capital have been enjoying uninterrupted power supply,’’ Ngige said.

“When the issue of IPP and transmission lines were being put in the front burner at the National Assembly, Onitsha-Nnewi commercial areas were also included as well as Enugu and Abakaliki. So that of the state capital has come on stream and I am happy to tell you that this is one of my constituency programmes for Anambra Central District,’’ he added.

He said that the Senate probe on power and Nigeria Customs Services over the auctioned imported 21 containers had yielded dividend and Awka was one of the beneficiaries.