- Edo to add 10,000MW through gas
- Obaseki to leverage states resources to improve economic activities
The Edo state government has announced its plans to generate an additional 10,000MW of electricity through gas deposits in the state. Governor Godwin Obaseki stated that his administration would leverage the natural resources in the state to improve commercial and economic activities.
“With the gas resources available to us, let’s not talk about renewable energy, we can generate about 10,000 Megawatts of power in this state, and we will do so,” Obaseki said.
“We already have the CCETC-Ossiomo Power Plant which is powering most government-owned facilities. We started lighting up Edo State beginning from Ring Road, and our goal is that within the shortest possible time, we would have a network of over 200 kilometres of streetlights starting from Benin,” he added.
Obaseki assured of his administration’s efforts at improving the economy of Edo State.
“We will become great again when we take advantage of our natural endowments to drive commerce and economic activities, and we have myriads of opportunities from our location and diversity of our ecology, among others. Once we combine all these and focus on our comparative advantage, Edo will become great again.” Obaseki said.