In a move to boost power generation in the country, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) yesterday concluded the plans to build a $3.5 billion gas plant in Assa-North, Ohaji- South in Imo State.

The Managing Director, Mr Mutiu Summonu, of SPDC who disclosed this during a visit to Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, said the Assa-North, Ohaji- South Gas supply project is in line with the local gas content policy of the Federal Government to boost power generation in the country.

Summonu said the gas plant would supply domestic gas to power energy plants across the country as well as generates massive job opportunities for Nigerians, adding that the project would be executed in two phases and would be executed in two phases and would be completed in 2018.

While soliciting for the collaboration of the state government in handling of the project, Mr Summonu also urged the government to play its part by providing 200 hectares of land for the project, enabling and secured environment for the expatriates and workers and ensure a healthy collaboration between SPDC and the host communities.

He promised that his company would always live up to expectation in the area of its Corporate Social responsibility (CSR) in the course of executing the project. But Okorocha in his speech assured the SPDC team that the state government would definitely play its part to ensure immediate commencement of the project.

The governor enumerated how SPDC began its operations in Nigeria when gas was first discovered at Iho, Ikeduru LGA in Imo State and urged the company to show enough presence by building a befitting corporate office in the state.

Okorocha further assured all adequate security, good working relationship with host communities as well as general hospitality to SPDC.
He urged the company to improve on its Corporate Social Responsibility by embarking on meaningful projects especially on the power sector to ensure appreciable improvement on power generation and distribution in
the state.

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berem: ndi imo kwenu! am so happy to hear this! owelle rochas! chiri gaba! u are indeed a true son of igboland!

Richardid: Igbo boys go kidnap d oyibo o.. make una look for another place o

uzobiz: :-XWe are seriously watching. Keeping our fingers crossed.We are seriously watching. Keeping our fingers crossed.We are seriously watching. Keeping our fingers crossed.

Bukkyade: TRANSFORMATION AGENDA AT WORK. Congrats Gej! Please Okorocha make sure you give dem better place ooooo. Make this boys no come kidnap dem Abeg

olafolarin: We have heard all these rhetorics before.
FG to do this,FG to do that.
Our hopes will be raised and dashed by the same FG.
There is a revolving door of projects in GEJ's administration.
Funds will be allocated,looted and the citizenry will be more distraught like never before.
What happened to the Greenfield Refineries,East-West Roads,2nd Niger Bridge,etc?


Your guess is as good as mine!!!!!

Naijagunner83: Another bold in the quest to transform Nigeria. They chose Imo because the state is peaceful. Our brothers in the North who have vowed to make Nigeria ungovernable, may al Qaeda come and invest

Richardid: Igbo boys go kidnap d oyibo o.. make una look for another place o

olafolarin: We have heard all these rhetorics before.
FG to do this,FG to do that.
Our hopes will be raised and dashed by the same FG.
There is a revolving door of projects in GEJ's administration.
Funds will be allocated,looted and the citizenry will be more distraught like never before.
What happened to the Greenfield Refineries,East-West Roads,2nd Niger Bridge,etc?


Your guess is as good as mine!!!!!