FG Promises to End Power Supply Problems for Manufacturers in Agbara
Relief is in the offing for manufacturers in Nigeria’s Industrial Hub at Agbara in Ogun State, as federal government promised to end their power supply problems within the next three months.
Vice President Kashim Shettima, accompanied by Governor Dapo Abiodun and power minister, gave the assurance during a roundtable meeting with the industrialists, at the industrial estate, on Thursday.
He told them that the initiative launched by the Tinubu administration for dedicated power supply to industrial clusters nationwide, would take off from the Agabra industrial estate.
According to the Vice President, the Agabara industrial cluster would be connected by the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), to provide them with cheaper source of power.
Shettima, who was worried that the industrial estate was not depending on the national grid for power supply, said the NPDHC could supply it with up to 300 megawatts of electricity, depending on their request.
He expressed concern that the industrialists are being starved of steady supply from the national power grid, while Nigeria was supplying power to other countries including Togo, who are not paying for the supply.
Governor Abiodun told the Vice President that the state has four other industrial clusters, including the new ones being created at Magboro.
He was excited over the initiative, which would provide a steady and cheaper energy to the clusters.
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In his remarks, the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, said that without electricity, all infrastructures provided for the use of the people of the state and the country as a whole would be in vain.
He said: “We believe that such initiatives, like this, speak to ensuring the sustainability of competitive industrialization and one must not but salute this initiative.”
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, represented by his Deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, said ensuring adequate power supply in the country is complex because of the attitudes of Nigerians.
“The issue of our power is complex and why it is complex is because of bad behaviour among all of us, the stakeholders, the distribution companies, generating companies.
Minister of Power, Mr Bayo Adelabu, on his part, said the event marked a pivotal moment in the collective endeavour to fortify one of the backbones of the industrial landscape of the country.
THE remarks by the Managing Director of the NDPHC came earlier in his opening remarks.
He said the Light Up Nigeria initiative was at the forefront of the Nigerian government’s efforts to improve the country’s power supply with an installed capacity of over 4,000MW industry pursuing bilateral power sales and other projects that ensure efficient and targeted power delivery to end-users.
He added that the initiative was a response to the need to ensure a consistent, reliable, cost-effective and improved country’s power supply of electricity from the company’s power plants to the extensive industrial and business clusters in Agbara and throughout Nigeria.
