Abia IPP assures of steady electricity by March
The Aba Independent Power Project, Geometric Power Limited, a generating and distribution company, has assured of providing reliable power supply to the Aba Ring-Fenced Area by the third week of March 2024.
The Chief Executive Officer of Aba Independent Power Project Geometric Power Limited, Prof. Barth Nnaji, gave the assurance on Friday at a media briefing in his office in Aba, Abia.
Mr Nnaji co-hosted the briefing with the Abia Commissioner for Power and Public Utilities, Ikechukwu Monday.
The GPAL CEO said the first turbine which would start functioning fully after the IPP’s inauguration on February 26 would not yet provide reliable power supply to the RFA.
He said that when the second turbine comes into operation by the third week of March, the IPP would stabilise power supply and provide reliable electricity to Aba people.
He said that Aba IPP was Nigeria’s only integrated power project which had its own embedded power plant enabling it to generate and distribute its own power.
He stated, “We have about four brand new power stations not yet connected to our network and at this moment. Our infrastructure is adequate to carry our supply. Geometric Power Limited has invested almost $800m in the integrated power project, making it by far the largest investment in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria.’’
The Abia Commissioner for Power and Public Utilities, Ikechukwu Monday, regretted that Nigerian leadership wasted the efforts of the IPP to improve the well-being of its people for many years.
He said that the state was partnering investors to encourage investments and assured that the government would provide an enabling environment for GPAL and others.
Mr Monday said Abia was working on a bill to criminalise power theft, power infrastructure vandalism and non-payment for power consumed and non-supply of power.
The Media Consultant to GPAL, Don Adinuba, debunked the claim that the Abia government during the Okezie Ikpeazu’s administration invested $5 million into GPAL.
He said that Ikpeazu’s administration only made a promise to invest in the company.
(NAN)
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