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Why I'm building another 26 megawatts power plant -Ayade

Cross River governor, Sir Ben Ayade, has disclosed why his administration has embarked on the building of a second 26 megawatts gas fired power plant, shortly after the test-run of the 23 megawatts plant at the Parliamentary Extension, Calabar.
Governor Ayade who reiterated the industrialization thrust of his government, insisted that that can only be realisable when there is adequate power on ground.
Fielding questions after inspecting ongoing work at the 26 megawatts Power Plant at the Tinapa Leisure and Business Resort, the governor disclosed that his administration will be contributing a total of 54 megawatts of power from the parliamentary extension axis, Obudu as well as Tinapa areas.
"Today, we are generating 23 megawatts out of the Parliamentary power plant and we are doing 26 megawatts out of here and five in Obudu, so, approximately we are doing about 54 megawatts of power and that will be the amount of power I am contributing," the governor explained.
According to him, "I am so focused on power because industrialization is our core focus and of course, we cannot industrialise without power, that is why my emphasis has been on power."
Offering further insight, Ayade said: "I have to re-engage with the Federal Ministry of Finance to see how we can extend the program that we have, to guarantee that we have a second plant. It is only when we have the second plant that we can now have a combined circle to give us a third plant for us to have an absolute benefit of the value."
Worried by the power challenge,
especially when the country is blessed with abundant gas resource, the governor maintained that "the best way to go is to see how we can combine renewable sources of energy, that is why I have got a team from United Nations sitting today with me to discuss how we can get hydro power and mini hydros as an alternative to gas.
"If you stay fully on gas, you are going to have the epileptic power problems that we have in Nigeria today, so you must combine a bit of gas, a bit of hydro, a bit of DG depending on the source and target you want to reach."
Ayade noted that "we have to spend 4.5 per million BTU, but if we are using water, that costs us zero, so the name Cross River tells you that we have a lot of rivers to cross, so, as a professor, my idea is, I want to cross each river but I want to put a small hydro, generate water while I am crossing and generating electricity."
While imploring the federal government to look in the direction of the state, the governor said: "Power is a serious business and any state that has shown commitment, the federal government must handhold them to success," adding that "Industrialization cannot be done without power and no state with the income of Cross River can fund or finance power.! We need the collaboration of the federal government to allow all the industries in Cross River to have full benefit."
Also at the site of the ongoing 26 megawatts plant, was Jitender Sachdeva of Skipper, which is handling the power project. He explained that 55 percent of the total progress has been achieved with certification by the Federal Ministry of Finance as well as India.
He intimated that "the turbine generator, transformers and electrical balance of the plant are all in place and we are waiting for the rain to subside so that we can start doing the road and earthworks."
Disclosing that the company's target was to see the plant commissioned by April 2020, he assured that Skipper remained committed to the Cross River government as the job standard and its duration with the best of international standard remains feasible.
On his part, Chairman of NIPO, Rakesh Sardana the needed gas assured that "we will ensure continuous supply of gas. Any shortfalls resulting from connections including pipeline breaches, we will fulfill such task to enable the beneficiaries get optimum services."
According to him, "we are prepared to go the entire length to see that we provide fuel in order to boost the power need of the people, while ensuring that industries benefit immensely and domestic consumers get optimum operations at a reduced cost."

offiong187:
Why I'm building another 26 megawatts power plant -Ayade

Cross River governor, Sir Ben Ayade, has disclosed why his administration has embarked on the building of a second 26 megawatts gas fired power plant, shortly after the test-run of the 23 megawatts plant at the Parliamentary Extension, Calabar.
Governor Ayade who reiterated the industrialization thrust of his government, insisted that that can only be realisable when there is adequate power on ground.
Fielding questions after inspecting ongoing work at the 26 megawatts Power Plant at the Tinapa Leisure and Business Resort, the governor disclosed that his administration will be contributing a total of 54 megawatts of power from the parliamentary extension axis, Obudu as well as Tinapa areas.
"Today, we are generating 23 megawatts out of the Parliamentary power plant and we are doing 26 megawatts out of here and five in Obudu, so, approximately we are doing about 54 megawatts of power and that will be the amount of power I am contributing," the governor explained.
According to him, "I am so focused on power because industrialization is our core focus and of course, we cannot industrialise without power, that is why my emphasis has been on power."
Offering further insight, Ayade said: "I have to re-engage with the Federal Ministry of Finance to see how we can extend the program that we have, to guarantee that we have a second plant. It is only when we have the second plant that we can now have a combined circle to give us a third plant for us to have an absolute benefit of the value."
Worried by the power challenge,
especially when the country is blessed with abundant gas resource, the governor maintained that "the best way to go is to see how we can combine renewable sources of energy, that is why I have got a team from United Nations sitting today with me to discuss how we can get hydro power and mini hydros as an alternative to gas.
"If you stay fully on gas, you are going to have the epileptic power problems that we have in Nigeria today, so you must combine a bit of gas, a bit of hydro, a bit of DG depending on the source and target you want to reach."
Ayade noted that "we have to spend 4.5 per million BTU, but if we are using water, that costs us zero, so the name Cross River tells you that we have a lot of rivers to cross, so, as a professor, my idea is, I want to cross each river but I want to put a small hydro, generate water while I am crossing and generating electricity."
While imploring the federal government to look in the direction of the state, the governor said: "Power is a serious business and any state that has shown commitment, the federal government must handhold them to success," adding that "Industrialization cannot be done without power and no state with the income of Cross River can fund or finance power.! We need the collaboration of the federal government to allow all the industries in Cross River to have full benefit."
Also at the site of the ongoing 26 megawatts plant, was Jitender Sachdeva of Skipper, which is handling the power project. He explained that 55 percent of the total progress has been achieved with certification by the Federal Ministry of Finance as well as India.
He intimated that "the turbine generator, transformers and electrical balance of the plant are all in place and we are waiting for the rain to subside so that we can start doing the road and earthworks."
Disclosing that the company's target was to see the plant commissioned by April 2020, he assured that Skipper remained committed to the Cross River government as the job standard and its duration with the best of international standard remains feasible.
On his part, Chairman of NIPO, Rakesh Sardana the needed gas assured that "we will ensure continuous supply of gas. Any shortfalls resulting from connections including pipeline breaches, we will fulfill such task to enable the beneficiaries get optimum services."
According to him, "we are prepared to go the entire length to see that we provide fuel in order to boost the power need of the people, while ensuring that industries benefit immensely and domestic consumers get optimum operations at a reduced cost."

nice one from cross rivers state governor.

What happened to the state’s 2018 N1.3trn budget of kinetic crystallization? Just curious.

Johnnyessence:
nice one from cross rivers state governor.

Una no know this guy.

offiong187:
Why I'm building another 26 megawatts power plant -Ayade

Cross River governor, Sir Ben Ayade, has disclosed why his administration has embarked on the building of a second 26 megawatts gas fired power plant, shortly after the test-run of the 23 megawatts plant at the Parliamentary Extension, Calabar.
Governor Ayade who reiterated the industrialization thrust of his government, insisted that that can only be realisable when there is adequate power on ground.
Fielding questions after inspecting ongoing work at the 26 megawatts Power Plant at the Tinapa Leisure and Business Resort, the governor disclosed that his administration will be contributing a total of 54 megawatts of power from the parliamentary extension axis, Obudu as well as Tinapa areas.
"Today, we are generating 23 megawatts out of the Parliamentary power plant and we are doing 26 megawatts out of here and five in Obudu, so, approximately we are doing about 54 megawatts of power and that will be the amount of power I am contributing," the governor explained.
According to him, "I am so focused on power because industrialization is our core focus and of course, we cannot industrialise without power, that is why my emphasis has been on power."
Offering further insight, Ayade said: "I have to re-engage with the Federal Ministry of Finance to see how we can extend the program that we have, to guarantee that we have a second plant. It is only when we have the second plant that we can now have a combined circle to give us a third plant for us to have an absolute benefit of the value."
Worried by the power challenge,
especially when the country is blessed with abundant gas resource, the governor maintained that "the best way to go is to see how we can combine renewable sources of energy, that is why I have got a team from United Nations sitting today with me to discuss how we can get hydro power and mini hydros as an alternative to gas.
"If you stay fully on gas, you are going to have the epileptic power problems that we have in Nigeria today, so you must combine a bit of gas, a bit of hydro, a bit of DG depending on the source and target you want to reach."
Ayade noted that "we have to spend 4.5 per million BTU, but if we are using water, that costs us zero, so the name Cross River tells you that we have a lot of rivers to cross, so, as a professor, my idea is, I want to cross each river but I want to put a small hydro, generate water while I am crossing and generating electricity."
While imploring the federal government to look in the direction of the state, the governor said: "Power is a serious business and any state that has shown commitment, the federal government must handhold them to success," adding that "Industrialization cannot be done without power and no state with the income of Cross River can fund or finance power.! We need the collaboration of the federal government to allow all the industries in Cross River to have full benefit."
Also at the site of the ongoing 26 megawatts plant, was Jitender Sachdeva of Skipper, which is handling the power project. He explained that 55 percent of the total progress has been achieved with certification by the Federal Ministry of Finance as well as India.
He intimated that "the turbine generator, transformers and electrical balance of the plant are all in place and we are waiting for the rain to subside so that we can start doing the road and earthworks."
Disclosing that the company's target was to see the plant commissioned by April 2020, he assured that Skipper remained committed to the Cross River government as the job standard and its duration with the best of international standard remains feasible.
On his part, Chairman of NIPO, Rakesh Sardana the needed gas assured that "we will ensure continuous supply of gas. Any shortfalls resulting from connections including pipeline breaches, we will fulfill such task to enable the beneficiaries get optimum services."
According to him, "we are prepared to go the entire length to see that we provide fuel in order to boost the power need of the people, while ensuring that industries benefit immensely and domestic consumers get optimum operations at a reduced cost."

This scammer again!