…. As Foreign Partners Inspect Plant
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Bayelsa State is set to refurbish the Kolo Creek Gas Turbine plant at Imiringi, and is considering the construction of new gas turbine plants to further develop electricity-led industries in the state.
Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, announced the moves on Wednesday following the inspection of the Imiringi plant conducted by representatives of Jumboogois Global Services Limited and their foreign partners.
Ewhrudjakpo stressed that industrialisation cannot happen without consistent, sustainable power, and revealed that Bayelsa’s government is looking to establish additional gas turbine plants given the growing demand for electricity in the state
He, therefore, called on Jumboogois Global Services Limited to expedite action on the refurbishment of the gas turbine and the local assembling of pre-paid meters for electricity consumers.
“We are going to latch in on the opportunity created by the law in the power sector. Bayelsa is in a hurry to develop, so we are excited about this project. The Kolo Creek Gas Turbine is among the first of such plants established in Nigeria”.
“Power is productivity, and productivity is progress. There is no industrialization that can take place without power. As a government, we are happy that a son of the soil is spearheading this project, and we are quite encouraged by the steps taken so far”.
“You talked about the issue of smart prepaid meters. The prepaid meter is another way of making sure that we do not only generate revenue but also ensure that people will get value for money”.
“I also think that the power needs of the state is beyond the Imiringi Gas Turbine, as it is now. So, we should be looking at establishing another gas turbine in the state because Bayelsa is gas, and gas is Bayelsa State”, he said.
Earlier, the Managing Director of Jumboogois Global Services Limited, Mr. Timipere Gilbert Ogoibiri, said the firm and its foreign partners has inspected the state-owned Kolo Creek Gas Turbine plant, as part of theMOU that was signed in January this year.
Mr. Ogoibiri, who noted that the company was quite impressed with what government had done so far, adding that they were also working towards the assembly plant for prepaid meters in line with its MOU with government.
