Tight Security Ahead of President Tinubu’s Visit Security has been beefed up in various areas of Aba, the commercial artery and its suburbs, including Umuahia, the state capital ahead of the planned visit of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to Abia State.
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Although there was no official statement from the state government on the visit,
The Nation concluded that there were a series of crucial meetings with heads of various agencies and security agencies to make the President’s visit successful on Monday.
It was gathered that some identified black spots have been manned by the security agencies, especially within the Osisioma local government area and Aba metropolis to prevent break down of law and order.
The Chief Executive Officer of Geographic Power Limited, Professor Barth Nnaji, has assured the Aba Integrated Power project which would be commissioned by President Bola Tinubu for the supply of electricity to power users in the nine local government areas of the Abia State under the Aba Ring fenced area.
He noted that the power plant will not only help solve the electricity challenge of Aba but also other parts of the country as surplus power will be fed into the national grid for distribution to other parts.
Nnaji, who spoke in an interview at the Osisioma local government headquarters of the factory on Sunday.
It was also revealed that the company’s management had invested more than 800 million USD.
This is part of our commitment to ensuring that power plant projects become a reality. He said that the project It is the largest investment by the private sector in the entire southeastern geopolitical region of the country.
According to Naji, who was a former energy minister, his company has a license to produce 188 megawatts of electricity, adding that the three turbines from General Electric (GE) in the United States have already been installed and will produce 47 megawatts each.
The former Minister stated that in the feasibility study conducted by the company, it was stated that approximately 100 Megawatts of energy were needed due to the heavy equipment used by the industrial establishments in Aba and other fenced local government areas, and stated that the power plant would meet the energy needs of around 100 Megawatts.
To assist industries in Aba to reduce their production costs, which he attributes to the high cost of goods produced in Aba.
Abia Commissioner for Energy and Public Utilities Eng. Governor Alex Otti, who was at a media briefing with the Senior Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Mr. Ferdinand Ekeoma, said on Monday, while lamenting that the company and the state had suffered losses in the last 20 years due to the continuation of the operation.
I was happy that the project became a reality.
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