ENERGY: “ENSURE THAT IPP HOST COMMUNITIES BENEFIT FROM PROJECTS”- OKOWA….Meets AGIP, Okpai Community On 450MVA IPP
The Governor of Delta State,
Senator Dr. Ifeanyi
Okowa has harped on the need for host communities of Independent Power Plants
in the country to be first line beneficiaries of the projects.
Speaking
on Friday in Asaba, when he received in audience Top management of Nigerian
Agip Oil Company [NAOC] and Stakeholders from Okpai Community in Ndokwa East
Local Government Area,Governor Okowa urged companies to always engage their
host communities proactively so as ensure peace and reduce agitations and
confrontations.
The
Governor expressed satisfaction with NAOC’s plan to construct two sub-stations
at Okpai and Kwale aimed at providing adequate electricity supply to both
communities, and sued for cooperation and support from all stakeholders.
“The
community is important to the implementation of projects as we need peaceful
environment for investments to take place, This project is being designed in
the best possible way this time around to deliver over 450 mega watts of
electricity. Apart from generation, they are also requesting land for
sub-stations in Okpai and Kwale, we thank God for that because it will enable
us to have power being evacuated to meet with the needs of the immediate
environment. I want to appreciate this level of planning which will help to
reduce all forms of restiveness, and help to improve on the community, company
relationship”, he said.
Senator
Okowa urged the communities to support the early delivery of the project
stressing “ we need the cooperation of all in the state to be able to deliver
the project on time, I want to thank you for accepting to provide land for the
project and appeal to you to give maximum cooperation to the company to achieve
the set goals”.
Earlier,
Mr. Dennis Masi, Stakeholders Management and Community Development Division
Manager, NAOC said that they were in Asaba to solicit the support of the state
government on the construction of the 530 megawatts Phase II Independent Power
Plant [IPP] in Okpai and to formally present the contractor for the project,
SAIPEM CO, to the government and the community, assuring that every stakeholder
would be carried along in the construction.
He
explained that there would be two 132 KVA sub-stations being designed by the
Transmission Company Of Nigeria [TCN] in Okpai and Kwale to serve the
communities as part of the project.
Rev. Dr.
Fred Okwuezolu, Chairman, Okpai Community Development Committee, who spoke on
behalf of the community thanked Governor Okowa for the meeting and promised to
support the project.
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