Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has inaugurated a seven-man committee on power, saying he is determined to tackle the challenge of power head on.

He charged the committee chaired by the leader of Distributing Power Business of General Electric Company for the sub-Sahara Africa, Mr. Chike Okonkwo, to among others things, “provide an accurate estimate of current power supply, consumption and projected demand in the state across various consumer groups and recommend suitable power generation and supply solution, taking into consideration, Anambra State’s climate, environment, landscape, and scale of development.”

Other members of the committee are Alex Amakom, Joe Ndiagwalukwe, the Commissioner for Public Utilities, Chief Chinedu Emeka, Mr. Yeye Adejegba, Obiora Nwizu, and Mr. Kingsley Aja.

He said they should tackle the issue of power challenge aggressively to ensure power supply in the three industrial hubs of Onitsha, Nnewi and Awka so as to generate enough electricity to power the entrepreneurial dreams of the people.

He told the team to recommend short and medium term implementation solution to achieve 100 per cent power generation and supply across to industrial clusters and commercial markets in the state within nine months, and to liaise with Enugu Distribution Company to ensure enough power generation and supply across to all urban residential centres.

Obiano enjoined the team to recommend potential investors and partners who shall implement the set objectives under Build-Operate-and Transfer (BOT) basis as well as develop a comprehensive understanding of the Nigerian Gas Master Plan, particularly as it relates to the state and recommend suitable and strategic locations to site new industrial parks, clusters and economic free trade zones in the state.

The governor also directed the committee to power streetlights in Onitsha and Awka within 18 months, and ensure regular lighting across four major roads in Onitsha, Nnewi and Awka within six months.

Responding on behalf of others, the chairman, Mr. Okonkwo, while thanking the governor for the opportunity to serve, noted that improved power supply was imperative for improved revenue generation. Okonkwo assured that the team would put in its best to meet the expectations of the government and the people. The committee would serve for 18 months in the first instance which is renewable subject to satisfactory performance and approval of the governor.

Sincere9gerian: This guy is turning out to be the best governor in Nigeria. Just 3 months in office but it seems as if he's been governor for 7 years.

If he continues like this, then he should be allowed to govern my dear state for 30 years.

Valto: true talk..he is the best thing to happen to anambra.. In other news the serial loser Ngige is taking his Governorship Petition to the supreme Court.

ProfCorruption: Obiano is a huge joke. I don't rate him and won't blame him, too. He is simply not prepared for the job.

Sincere9gerian:
I think you'r the huge joke here

Sincere9gerian: This guy is turning out to be the best governor in Nigeria. Just 3 months in office but it seems as if he's been governor for 7 years.

If he continues like this, then he should be allowed to govern my dear state for 30 years.

@Topic, this is what I've been expecting from state governors all over the country. The fact is that state governors can do alot to boost power supply in their states under the current law. But unfortunately, they'v all been shying away from taking responsibility in the power sector

ProfCorruption: I am a huge joke.

ProfCorruption: For a man who has a four-year tenure to set up a committee for 18 months, almost half of his tenure, isn't that a joke?

ProfCorruption: For a man who has a four-year tenure to set up a committee for 18 months, almost half of his tenure, isn't that a joke?

MOBJECTIVE:

Nothing wrong with a committe if leads well and ensures it functions.

provide an accurate estimate of current power supply, consumption and projected demand in the state across various consumer groups and recommend suitable power generation and supply solution, taking into consideration, Anambra State’s climate, environment, landscape, and scale of development.

ProfCorruption:


1.If he needs 18 months to achieve this, how many months will be needed to act on committee's recommendations?



2.What other things are they saddled with? To generate electricity? Force private firms to produce and distribute power?, Buy diesels for government offices?

The governor also directed the committee to power streetlights in Onitsha and Awka within 18 months, and ensure regular lighting across four major roads in Onitsha, Nnewi and Awka within six months

ProfCorruption: We should just stop celebrating mediocrity.

1.If Obiano is prepared for office, he wouldn't need this type of committee. More so that an intra-party (APGA) transition occurred. Didn't Peter Obi properly brief him on the state of power in Anambra? What is the relevance of fact finding committee? Or a working committee to invent electricity?

2. If indeed he needs a new perspective on things, he doesn't need a committee that last for eighteen months. Doing what? Buy diesels for government offices? Change street lights?

3.Is there no agency of government saddled with that already? What on earth are commissioners supervising?

This is a misplaced move coming from a joke of a governor. He deserves condemnation, not commendation.

Sincere9gerian:
You can theorize as much as you want but at the moment, there is a PROBLEM on ground and the governor has established a committee to solve that problem. What we want is RESULT. If there was an agency of govt saddled with solving that problem, then obviously that agency of govt has been ineffective. Otherwise, there wont be a problem.

ProfCorruption:



That still won't make him a good governor or put him in the league of visionaries.

1. if there was an ineffective agency, what should an effective governor do? Reorganize it to be more effective and efficient. Dancing round the problem won't solve it.

2.If such an agency didn't exist (unlikely), what should a governor prepared for the task of moving the state ahead do? Set up one.

Running a committee for eighteen months is unthinking and shallow.

ProfCorruption: We should just stop celebrating mediocrity.

1.If Obiano is prepared for office, he wouldn't need this type of committee. More so that an intra-party (APGA) transition occurred. Didn't Peter Obi properly brief him on the state of power in Anambra? What is the relevance of fact finding committee? Or a working committee to invent electricity?



This is a misplaced move coming from a joke of a governor. He deserves condemnation, not commendation.

500GP: RUBBISH..

OSUN, ONDO, OGUN CITIZENS,ESPECIALLY IN OSUN STATE ARE ENJOYING CONSTANT ELECTRICITY SUPPLY...