Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Power have affirmed that the federal authorities is decided to deal with the challenges of energy technology and distribution within the nation.
This was disclosed in Calabar on Wednesday when the committee visited the Calabar Power Generation Company Ltd, a subsidiary of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company, as a part of their constitutional tasks and capabilities.
Chairman of the House Committee, Victor Nwokolo, who represents Ika South and Ika North Federal Constituency in Delta State within the National Assembly, acknowledged that President Bola Tinubu views the facility points within the nation as crucial.
Nwokolo defined that because of this the Minister of Power and the House Committee on Power are actively touring energy infrastructure throughout the nation to deal with any challenges impeding energy provide.
He cautioned towards the vandalism of energy infrastructure, as this negatively impacts the facility provide, and emphasised that the federal authorities locations excessive significance on making energy obtainable to all Nigerians.
“You should know that the issue of power has a significant impact on the nation. Once we are able to fix it, we will have addressed almost half of the country’s problems,” he stated.
Managing Director of the Calabar Power Generation Company, Chiedu Ugbo, famous that out of the ten energy crops, the Calabar facility is the one one with a gentle fuel provide, which has enabled constant energy technology during the last 15 years.
He added that out of the 5 energy generators with an total website capability of 625MW, two are at the moment present process turnaround upkeep.
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