RSG, PHCCIMA To Partner On Industrial  Business Park

The Rivers  State
Ministry of  Power  has  indicated  its interest to partner with the Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce to actualise the building of a state of the art business park that would contain a cluster of small and medium business enterprises in the state.
Commissioner for Power, Rivers State, Hon. Augustine Wokocha made this declaration when a delegation of PHCCIMA exco and members led by the President, Engr. Emeka Unachukwu paid him a courtesy call in his office in Port harcourt .
He said the Ministry of power is prepared to provide 24 hours of electricity should the objective come to reality.
He said the state government is taking the issue of power very seriously because of the potential to boost the economy, saying that was the reason for a massive investment in power.
“The issue of power failures will soon be a thing of the past considering the strides of the state government in the sector.” he said.
Wokocha noted that the state government is open to interested collaborators particularly from the organised private sector to partner with government to develop a master plan and also invest in the project.
This he said has become necessary as government alone cannot drive it sustainably without inputs from the organised private sector urging PHCCIMA and the OPS to come up with a plan and the state government will have no problem in the provision of land for the project.
In his remark, PHCCIMA President, Engr. Emeka Unachukwu thanked the commissioner for the opportunity, observing that the gains of an industrial park cannot be over emphasised even as it will have a state-of-the-art facilities, especially regular power supply, water, good roads and an enabling business environment. He assured the commissioner that PHCCIMA including other members of the organised private sector shall begin to galvanise efforts towards making the business park dream a reality.
“PHCCIMA will go back and come up with a blueprint on how both can contribute in achieving this very lofty objective.”         Unachukwu was quoted as saying, corroborating the importance of a business park to the economic turn around and job creation in the state and commended the commissioner for his effort since assumption of office.
“We have been following your strides in the power sector and we are aware of the fact that government has been able to address some of the challenges in the power sector; however we know they can do more”, he said.
The PHCCIMA helmsman reassured him that PHCCIMA is an ally the state government can leverage on as the chamber is ready to collaborate with his ministry in anyway that would make businesses thrive in the state..