- Abia promised a 24-hour power supply from September once they get gas.
- The former minister of power said consumers would get the power at a regulated price set by NERC.
Abia State will begin to generate electrical power from its power plant within the next few months. The former Minister of Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji, disclosed this during a courtesy call by Abia State Governor Alex Otti. He said the gas turbine was taken overseas for servicing after being non-operational for years and had been brought back and reinstalled.
Nnaji assured residents of Aba and other local governments in Abia State, within the Aba ring fence area, of 24-hour power supply from next month. Nnaji, who is also the chairman of Geometric Power in Osisioma Local Government, hailed the governor for being instrumental in the actualisation of the Geometric Power Project.
He said, “So, we’re expecting that once we have gas, which will be in the next month or two, we will be able to power Aba, that is, from our own power plant. Right now, we’re buying power from the National Grid; this is why power is not stable yet. So, we’ll like to ask Aba people to bear with us that we’re getting there. We’re pretty much there. The turbines to power the electricity plant, which was taken abroad for maintenance, have been brought back to the plant and reinstalled.”
He added that consumers would get power supply at a regulated price set by the regulator, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).