After cleansing Anambra State of criminal elements and anti-social agents that drove prospec­tive investors and most of the state’s illustrious citi­zens away, Governor Willie Obiano has finally turned his magic wand to the most difficult challenge that Ni­geria has to faced in the past 40 years – electricity supply.

To give impetus to his over­all plan to solve the power sup­ply problem in Anambra State, Governor Obiano, Wednes­day, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the building of an Independent Power Plant (IPP) in the state valued at $150 million with an indigenous firm, UD Integrated Petroleum Production Compa­ny of Nigeria Limited (UDIP­PCO). The 80 megawatt gas-to-power plant will on completion, finally animate the constellation of cottage industries, manufac­turing firms and the numerous commercial centres and mar­kets that define the entire land­scape of the state. The electric­ity project also brings the total volume of investments that the administration had attracted in the past four months to about $1.4bn.

Obiano’s foray into the neb­ulous power generation and dis­tribution sector falls in line with his general administrative blue­print, which is anchored, on Agriculture, Industrialization, Trade and Commerce and Oil and Gas. Electricity falls within the category of his blueprint that he refers to as the Enablers. The Enablers are the catalyst to the eventual explosion and exploitation of the Four Pillars of his administration outlined above. In singling out the chal­lenge of power supply, Gover­nor Obiano has divined that the only time that Anambra would truly witness a revolution is when he repeats what he did in securing the state in the power sector. To this extent, the gov­ernor has sealed the first major pact that would actualize his dream of providing stable elec­tricity to the people with UDIP­PCO, with an implementation timeline of 18 months from the date of the project implementa­tion agreement.

The proposed power plant is expected to generate sufficient electricity for the entire state, its industrial clusters in Onitsha, Nnewi, Ozubulu and Awka as well as its many markets, ho­tels, hospitals, schools and resi­dential areas.

To signify their readiness to commence the first basic steps that will culminate in the con­struction of the power plant, UDIPPCO recently sealed a Gas Sales and Purchase Agree­ment (GSPA) with the man­agement of Orient Petroleum which offered it a direct access to develop and utilize over 375 billion standard cubic feet of gas reserves from the Orient Block and produce it at the rate of 50 million standard cubic feet of gas per day. This will give UDIPPCO enough gas to sustain the proposed 80 MW power plant for 20-25 years or more.

From time immemorial, Anambra State has always held a definite promise as the home of industrialization in all of West Africa. The state brims with natural born entre­preneurs, industrialists and in­ventors whose genius has been widely acknowledged across the world.

Nnewi, the first and most prominent Nigerian auto-city had pioneered auto-manufac­turing in the country, starting with the production of auto-spare parts to full manufacture of automobiles. Other manu­facturing activities like electric cables as well as petro-chemical products like lubricants have also been thriving in Nnewi for some time. Unfortunately, they have yet to explode on a scale that will make a real splash in the nation’s economy, princi­pally because of such niggling challenges as the almost non-existent supply of electricity. With the proposed power plant, Governor Obiano will be un­leashing the hitherto restrained kinetic entrepreneurial energy of the people to usher in a new phase of prosperity in Anambra State.

Speaking at the agreement signing ceremony, Governor Obiano pointed out that elec­tricity supply is one of the key areas of interest to his admin­istration. “We are beginning to address the challenge of power supply in Anambra State. This project will employ about 750 people directly and about 15,000 indirectly,” Governor Obiano explained.

He further said: “I keep re-assuring our people in the Dias­pora to bring back those talents and skills that made us great in foreign lands. We have done exactly what other people have done to attract our people. They provided security and power. We have provided security and now we are about to provide power here. Those things that will make our people come home and invest are the same things we are doing here now.”

Meanwhile, giving assuranc­es on the project, the Chairman of UDIPPCO, Nze Lawrence Ekwomadu explained: “Be­tween 12 and 18 months from the date of this MoU being ex­ecuted today, we shall start gen­erating and supplying steady and stable electric power in Anambra State, generated from natural gas produced within the state.

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lndeed my able governor, jisike, ur people are solidly behind you. akpokuedike my able governor, may you live long.

My able governor...kudos!

Anambra-State with proper security & Electricity will not be compared with any city or even state in Nigeria in terms of all aspect of Development!. Anambra will be Number 1 in just 4 years if all these are done!

I just lost some raw cash on our Onitsha production site as a result of inadequate electric supply in the Area!.

Another Odili in the making..
This was how Odili fooled Rivers people...
Open ur eyes fellas

Our eyes are already open and we have seen that he meant business as a technocrat he is..

hardywaltz:
Another Odili in the making..
This was how Odili fooled Rivers people...
Open ur eyes fellas

asandigbo:
lndeed my able governor, jisike, ur people are solidly behind you. akpokuedike my able governor, may you live long.

rochas,t.a orji hope you dou are learning.

[size=16pt]This can Only be achieved when you have a working Governor

not those blaming GEJ Administration.

especially Janjaweedz

Ride on Obiakpo [/size]

Happy that the investments are indigenous to Ndi Igbo, kudos to the investment driven governor.

Kudos to Gov Obiano.Heard he also bought a drone to enhance security recently.Meanwhile j.weeds keep waiting for GEJ to do every other thing except bleeping their wives for them.

hardywaltz:
Another Odili in the making..
This was how Odili fooled Rivers people...
Open ur eyes fellas

i thought Odili is a Polithiefian!,but Obiano is a serious Technocrate & Ibo Nationalist!

Whatever installations and assets of the planned power coy and Orient petroleum should be well guarded as we have some bitter and jealous neighbours nearby.....same asswipes that sponsored and fueled attacks on Anambrans and Orient oil when they tried -unsuccessfully- to claim what doesn't belong to them!

You see as a state should be governed; with the Governor -within just a few months in office- eventually getting a handle on the previously intractable security and deficit in infrastructure problems the state was saddled with! Yet next door, we have another state that has even more natural resources and land available to them, but because of a deficit in good governance, they're getting red with envy and poking their nose into the affairs and resources of another, and hiring terrorist mercenaries to see if they can covert what doesn't belong to them!

Good Move! Obiano is working.

Princewill1:
Good Move! Obiano is working.

Anambra adigo mma!

hardywaltz:
Another Odili in the making..
This was how Odili fooled Rivers people...
Open ur eyes fellas

who is this ediot from oyo state?

Energito:
who is this ediot from oyo state?

U are the ydiot whose from Oyo State...
Someone can't hold a dissenting opinion any more.
Infact I would have called u a compound fool but let me leave that for now..

Willie is willing.

Willie is working.

hardywaltz:

U are the ydiot whose from Oyo State...
Someone can't hold a dissenting opinion any more.
Infact I would have called u a compound fool but let me leave that for now..

mr man you are as compound fool as Awo.

Akpokuedike ozaa!

Carry go my action Governor.

Anambra adigo mma

Arysexy:
Akpokuedike ozaa!

Carry go my action Governor.

Anambra adigo mma

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Able Governor a performer anambra state will change so much under your leadership..

While Fashola and other APC governors are ranting and blaming their cluelessness and incompetence on GEJ

Johnpaul2k2:
[size=16pt]This can Only be achieved when you have a working Governor

not those blaming GEJ Administration.

especially Janjaweedz

Ride on Obiakpo [/size]

Obiakpo LMAO