The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday, mandated its committee on power to liaise with the Federal Ministry of power to take necessary steps for the immediate completion of the Abadigba-Egwume power project.
Wednesday’s resolution followed a motion sponsored by Senator Isah Jibrin on the need for immediate completion of the Aadigba-Egwume power plant project in Dekina Local government area of Kogi state.
Senator Isah Jibrin explained that sometime in 2007 the Federal government embarked on a power plant project at Abadigba-Egwume in Dekina local government area of kogi state to light up the kogi east senatorial district against the backdrop of the persistent poor power supply in the area.
Laudable intentions of the government
Senator Isah Jibrin expressed concern that the project has become one of the abandoned projects in the country as no effort has been made to complete it in line with the laudable intentions of the government, thirteen years after initiating it.
According to him, the project is at 70% completion stage and requires minimal additional resources to make functional.
The session thereafter adopted the motion mandating the committee on power to execute the assignment as contained in the resolution.
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