Obi Inaugurates Electricity Project In Ndiokolo-Ndiokpaleke

Governor  Peter Obi of Anambra state has inaugurated the Ndiokolo-Ndiokpaleke rural electricity in Orumba North Local Government Area.

Speaking during the occasion in Ndiokolo, Obi said the project was in line with his policy to open up rural communities with massive infrastructural development.

He recalled that the area had been without electricity until the intervention of his administration.and explained that he was working in all sectors in every community to uplift the quality of life in the state.

Speaking earlier, the Commissioner for Public Utilities and Water Resources, Mr Emeka Nwankwo, said the project was completed under the second phase of the rural electricity scheme and  regretted that nothing was done in the sector by successive administrations since the completion of the first phase in the old Anambra State.

Nwankwo explained that every part of the state was now connected to the national grid while more than 400 transformers had been distributed and installed in various communities by the administration.

He called on the communities to take full ownership of the facilities and protect them from vandalism.

The traditional ruler of Ndiokpaleke, Igwe Brown Okpaleke, said Obi was the first governor in the state to visit the area, pointing out that his government had touched the lives of the people in a special way.

The Chairman of the Transition Committee of Orumba North, Mr Emeka Aforka, said the governor had brought a new dawn to the area and commended his giant strides in transforming the state.

He said the project was done by the state government and urged the people not to listen to agents of politicians claiming that they did the project.