Delta Spends N60bn On Power Projects

Delta State Government
says it had spent about N60 billion on power sector since the inception of the present administration.
The State Commissioner for Power and Energy, Charles Emtulu, disclosed this to newsmen in Benin said the aim of the huge investment was to drive the state beyond oil initiatives.
Emetulu said the state government recently entered into Canadian – Saudi Arabian firm, Sky Power and Fast Energy to build power plants that is strictly solar.
According to him,  the investment is targeted at providing 1000 megawatts of electricity to the people.
He noted that about 109 power projects in the state within the past three years and had been able to reinforce and extend electricity infrastructure to many communities.
Commenting on the state owned IPP project and the possibility of completing  it before the expiration of the present administration, the commissioner disclosed that disagreement between the government and the community where the project was sited was stalling the project.
According to him, “government went into negotiation with the community, engineering drawings have been drawn, EIA’s were done but at the point when we were to start, the community said they will not agree to the earlier agreement with government.
He said, the situation forced government to move to new site where most aspects of the work had to start a fresh but promised that inspite the challenges, the present administration was determined to conclude the project before its end.