Delta State Governor, Senator Dr
Ifeanyi Okowa has performed the ground-breaking ceremony for a 150 Megawatts,
MW, power plant, saying Nigeria deserves a strong manufacturing sector to boost
the economy.
Performing the ground breaking
ceremony in Sapele yesterday , Governor Okowa stated that in order to grow in
the country, the manufacturing sector needs to be revived and to achieve that,
steady power supply and security is needed.
While noting that energy generated
in the country was still low, the Governor who attended the ceremony with
retinue of aides, expressed confidence that with the increase in the
construction of energy-generating power plants in the country, in the nearest
future, there will be uninterrupted power supply in the country.
He urged the distribution companies
to increase their capacities to utilize the energy generated in the country.
The Governor congratulated Proton
Energy Limited for the successful ground breaking ceremony and used the
occasion to re-echo Vice President Yemi Osibanjo’s call on oil companies to
relocate their headquarters to areas of operation.
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