Northern Governors, General Electric sign MOU for 5 power plants

The Northern States Governors' Forum and the General Electric ‎International, on Monday signed a memoranda of understanding for the construction of five solar plants that aim at generating 500 megawatts of electricity in some parts of Northern Nigeria.

Borno State Governor and Chairman of the Northern States Governors ' Forum, Kashim Shettima signed the agreement on behalf of the ‎Governors while General Electric's Senior Executive, Western Europe and Africa, Mr Armand Pineda and the President/Chief Executive Officer, ‎General Electric, Nigeria, Dr Lazarus Angbazo signed on behalf of their company in a brief ceremony which held at Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja.

Based on the MOU, the General Electric which has 120 years experience in power generation, is to build five solar power plants to be located in Borno, Kebbi, Nassarawa, Niger and Taraba States which each of the plants expected to generate 100 megawatts of electricity totaling 500 megawatts across the 5 States. The electricity is meant to stimulate economic activities and social services in the affected States through boosting agricultural food processing, small scale businesses in addition to supplying electricity to schools and hospitals.

The project which is a pilot phase, is being coordinated by the Northern Nigeria Global Economic Re-integrationProgramme, newly created by the Northern Governors to serve as vehicle for the economic recovery of northern States through international relations on infrastructure, manufacturing, stimulate agricultural value chain and trade and make the region a global payer agricultural export in line with the vision of late Premier of the Region.

The Governors Forum led by Governor Kashim Shettima, engaged the services of Malam Tanimu Yakubu Kurfi as Cheif Executive Officer of the Programme. Kurfi was Chief Economic Adviser to late President Umaru Musa Yar'adua and he has wide contact with leading development companies and financial institutions across the world.

"The 19 Governors of the north jointly created this approach. We want to go beyond lamentation to provide solutions and we all know that power is key to industrial development. With power, we can create jobs, stimulate our economies and make life better for our people. The General Electric has over 120 years experience in energy solutions and they have been operating in Nigeria for over 50 years, we cannot have a better partner than GE. We shall do our part as Governors, this I will assure you. We are deeply committed to this agreement" Governor Kashim Shettima said at the MOU signing ceremony.

The Northern Governors Chairman enumerated challenges of poverty, unemployment, poor access to education, poor healthcare amongst other underdevelopment indications threatening the north while concluding that the power can provide a vehicle for the north to reposition itself for a better future.

The CEO, Northern Nigeria Global Economic Re-Integration Programme, Tanimu Yakubu Kurfi said he took up the challenge ‎put forward by the Northern Governors as a result of strong passion and commitment to aggressive development of the north as so far shown by the Northern Governors since Governor Shettima became the forum's chairman in 2015.

Reaffirming their commitment to the MOU, General Electric's Senior Executive, Western Europe and Africa, Mr Armand Pineda and the President/Chief Executive Officer, ‎General Electric, Nigeria, Dr Lazarus Angbazo both pledged that they would work round the clock to realize the project for the benefits of citizens of the five States.

Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/11/northern-governors-forum-general.html

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Northern governors combine hands to fund visble befitting projects, while we in the south all hate each oda. Everybody is minding their geopolitical zones instead of pushing for a united south.

These guys are teaching us how to play politics since 1800.

Na mouth we get for South.

Kaniji dam can rest and move power south
Meanwhile Fashola is waiting for Sango (god of lighting) to increase our MW
People have taken their destinies in their hands already, good one from the Northern governors
500 megawatts of electricity in some parts of Northern Nigeria.

Only a united south can give the Niger delta resource control.
Only a united south can give Lagos special status.
Only a united south can create an extra state in the east.
Only a united south can bridge d gap between federal roads in the north and d south.
Only a united south can check mate the north's excesses.

Nigeria is in a recession and is trying to diversify instead of the govt to focus funds on other things they are forcusing our scarce funds in the search for oil in the north.
Is it not obvious it was always a propaganda despite all the noise made about oil found in the north why is this same govt advocating to pipe oil from Niger republic to Nigeria why dont they pipe oil from the newly found fields in the north.
So the billions of dollars wasted in the search for oil is gone? Despite all the warnings?

I wonder what our ogogoro drinking, our oil screaming, militant loving, loot inclined, extremely wealthy south south governors of complaints think about this?

Hahahahaha! Awesome!

Signing MOU with GE for provision of infrastructure while some inconsolable losers are busy on another thread celebrating the bombing of infrastructure in their own region Since to them, it "ridicules Buhari".

what a hopeless lot.

They should keep bombing while others develop their own region. Cursed be the tongue which rises to wail "marginalisation" tomorrow.

Funlordjnr:




I wonder what our ogogoro drinking, our oil screaming, militant loving, loot inclined, extremely wealthy south south governors of complaints think about this?

Go to the other thread and see the minions celebrating the destruction.

Never seen such extreme levels of stupidity my whole life.

aarressa:





You mean we should keep begging you to stop bombing and destroying your own land like we've been begging you with so many peace initiatives, more money, NDDC, amnesty and billions upon Nbillions of amnesty PAYMENTS?


No, they can not keep holding us to ransom or keep blackmailing us forever, they can blow up the whole of ND and drink whatever oil they have left, who cares?


What have they done with all their derivations, allocations, IGR, amnesty payments and so on?

Delta state is the most indebted country in Nigeria with N700 billion debt, but can you point to one thing they did with that money?

Oil is an international commodity and we can get it from anywhere and even oil is available in other peaceful and non violent parts of Nigeria or even from outside Nigeria.

Yes. They want Buhari to crawl on his belly from Abuja down to the creeks, lick the balls of the militants clean, convert to a Christian, resign, and the make Tompolo preesident for them to cease bombing.

Dem never see anything.

Let them run their region aground jor. Who cares.

Instead of the fg to negotiate with the Niger deltans even if its possible to be payng the huge money that wud be paid to Niger republic inorder to stop the conflict at least so dat huge money wud remain in circulation within Nigeria they want to act irresponsible.
Well sha dats der cup of tea.

I Hope Rochas and Co are all seeing this



Well Senator Samuel Anyanwu 2019

Progressive01:
Go to the other thread and see the minions celebrating the destruction.

Never seen such extreme levels of stupidity my whole life.

Links to the thread make I laff small dis afternoon.....na slow business day so I get time to burn!

MyGeneration:
Instead of the fg to negotiate with the Niger deltans even if its possible to be payng the huge money that wud be paid to Niger republic inorder to stop the conflict at least so dat huge money wud remain in circulation within Nigeria they want to act irresponsible.
Well sha dats der cup of tea.

You mean we should keep begging you to stop bombing and destroying your own land like we've been begging you with so many peace initiatives, more money, NDDC, amnesty and billions upon Nbillions of amnesty PAYMENTS?


No, they can not keep holding us to ransom or keep blackmailing us forever, they can blow up the whole of ND and drink whatever oil they have left, who cares?


What have they done with all their derivations, allocations, IGR, amnesty payments and so on?

Delta state is the most indebted country in Nigeria with N700 billion debt, but can you point to one thing they did with that money?

Oil is an international commodity and we can get it from anywhere and even oil is available in other peaceful and non violent parts of Nigeria or even from outside Nigeria.

aarressa:





You mean we should keep begging you to stop bombing and destroying your own land like we've been begging you with so many peace initiatives, more money, NDDC, amnesty and billions upon Nbillions of amnesty PAYMENTS?


No, they can not keep holding us to ransom or keep blackmailing us forever, they can blow up the whole of ND and drink whatever oil they have left, who cares?


What have they done with all their derivations, allocations, IGR, amnesty payments and so on?

Delta state is the most indebted country in Nigeria with N700 billion debt, but can you point to one thing they did with that money?

Oil is an international commodity and we can get it from anywhere and even oil is available in other peaceful and non violent parts of Nigeria or even from outside Nigeria.

So u re saying its ok for Nigeria to import beef since the fulani herdsmen we know in the south hv been a torn in the flesh?
After all we can get cows from anywhere?

While states in the the southwest and now North are alligning trying to draw from their strengths to pull their respective regions along,those in the Ssouth are still more interested in blowing up pipelines,individuals being awarded oil blocks to become overnight billionaires and militants given oil pipelines protection contracts while their govs are still more interested in how much they can loot and which judge the efcc or dss wants to arrest next,so that they can go and offer personal protection.
The southeast meanwhile is still undecided on whether to support Biafra or remain in "one nigeria".Meanwhile it has one of the best collection of entrepreneural minded indigenes who only need state/regional support,that forward thinking govs can together galvanize to pull its people/region thru.

doctokwus:
While states in the the southwest and now North are alligning trying to draw from their strengths to pull their respective regions along,those in the Ssouth are still more interested in blowing up pipelines,individuals being awarded oil blocks to become overnight billionaires and militants given oil pipelines protection contracts while their govs are still more interested in how much they can loot and which judge the efcc or dss wants to arrest next,so that they can go and offer personal protection.
The southeast meanwhile is still undecided on whether to support Biafra or remain in "one nigeria".Meanwhile it has one of the best collection of entrepreneural minded indigenes who only need state/regional support,that forward thinking govs can together galvanize to pull its people/region thru.

Is that all?

MyGeneration:

So u re saying its ok for Nigeria to import beef since the fulani herdsmen we know in the south hv been a torn in the flesh?
After all we can get cows from anywhere?

But you know aarressa is right. They've been bombing for months. What have they achieved? You can't hold a whole country at ransom na. They'll get tired at a point in time. By then they'll realize Nigeria is bigger than them. If herdsmen wan do anyhow then we'll import cows.. Lol

My point is violence gets you nothing.

What about contract to build mosques

On point. I commend the move to look for alternatives and the strengthening of the other non-oil dependent sectors of the economy. We got farming on lock down, let's move on to power. Good news. Na small small.

P.s: If you are from the South West through the middle belt to the far north and you didn't key into agriculture last season, do not miss in 2017.

doctokwus:
While states in the the southwest and now North are alligning trying to draw from their strengths to pull their respective regions along,those in the Ssouth are still more interested in blowing up pipelines,individuals being awarded oil blocks to become overnight billionaires and militants given oil pipelines protection contracts while their govs are still more interested in how much they can loot and which judge the efcc or dss wants to arrest next,so that they can go and offer personal protection.
The southeast meanwhile is still undecided on whether to support Biafra or remain in "one nigeria".Meanwhile it has one of the best collection of entrepreneural minded indigenes who only need state/regional support,that forward thinking govs can together galvanize to pull its people/region thru.

Trash as usual



You need to consult him for help

Before I entered this thread I thought it was "Northern Governors Sign MOURINHO For Construction Of 5 Solar Plants" and I was like wen mourinho sabi book like this?

We have two Zones in This country. The North and the others.

Niger DELTA should keep bombing.

MyGeneration:
Only a united south can give the Niger delta resource control.
Only a united south can give Lagos special status.
Only a united south can create an extra state in the east.
Only a united south can bridge d gap between federal roads in the north and d south.
Only a united south can check mate the north's excesses.

Every region should b on his ownown


I want to c the strength of each region



Let's make center weak

Good development. Elon Musk is also involved in Solar City in the US. The Future of Energy is going Solar. Meanwhile General Electric continue making money, una dey Naija like say una no dey.

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Funlordjnr:




Links to the thread make I laff small dis afternoon.....na slow business day so I get time to burn!

Just a mOment.

Here. https://www.nairaland.com/3490581/militants-blow-up-npdc-nd/2#51454707.

aarressa:





You mean we should keep begging you to stop bombing and destroying your own land like we've been begging you with so many peace initiatives, more money, NDDC, amnesty and billions upon Nbillions of amnesty PAYMENTS?


No, they can not keep holding us to ransom or keep blackmailing us forever, they can blow up the whole of ND and drink whatever oil they have left, who cares?


What have they done with all their derivations, allocations, IGR, amnesty payments and so on?

Delta state is the most indebted country in Nigeria with N700 billion debt, but can you point to one thing they did with that money?

Oil is an international commodity and we can get it from anywhere and even oil is available in other peaceful and non violent parts of Nigeria or even from outside Nigeria.

Yes. They want Buhari to crawl on his belly from Abuja down to the creeks, lick the balls of the militants clean, convert to a Christian, resign, and the make Tompolo preesident for them to cease bombing.

Dem never see anything.

Let them run their region aground jor. Who cares.

Nice to see our Northern Governors doing all they can to develop our region


#proudlyarewa
#proudlyNigerian


#iscodisco

MyGeneration:
Only a united south can give the Niger delta resource control.
Only a united south can give Lagos special status.
Only a united south can create an extra state in the east.
Only a united south can bridge d gap between federal roads in the north and d south.
Only a united south can check mate the north's excesses.

stop deceiving yourself!


what do you need extra state for....so you can have one more governor, one more house of assembly one more set of commisioners and all the associated expenses and one more set of unpaid state workers?


what have we acheived with 36 states that we didn't acheive when we had just 12 except more poverty in the land? Which factories located to the new states? which jobs came to the new states except civil servants that can't be paid? You create more states and all your citizens run to Lagos.....free yourself from backward thinking.