The Aba Independent Power Project (IPP), Geometric Power Limited (GPAL), a generating and distribution company, has assured that it will provide reliable power supply to Aba Ring-Fenced Area (RFA) by the third week of March 2024.
Prof. Barth Nnaji, the Chief Executive Officer of Aba Independent Power Project (IPP) Geometric Power Limited, gave the assurance on Friday at a media briefing in his office in Aba, Abia.
Nnaji co-hosted the briefing with the Abia Commissioner for Power and Public Utilities, Mr. Ikechukwu, on Monday.
The GPAL CEO said the first turbine, which would start functioning fully after the IPP’s inauguration on February 26, will not yet provide reliable power supply to the RFA.
He said that when the second turbine comes into operation by the third week of March, the IPP will stabilise power supply and provide reliable electricity to the Aba people.
He said that Aba IPP is Nigeria’s only integrated power project that has its own embedded power plant, enabling it to generate and distribute its own power.
“We have about four brand new power stations not yet connected to our network, and at this moment, our infrastructure is adequate to carry our supply.
“Geometric Power Limited (GPAL) has invested almost $800 million in the integrated power project, making it by far the largest investment in the Southeast geopolitical zone of Nigeria,” he said.
The Abia Commissioner for Power and Public Utilities, Mr. Ikechukwu Monday, regretted that the Nigerian leadership wasted the efforts of the IPP to improve the well-being of its people for many years.
He said that the state was partnering with investors to encourage investments and assured that the government would provide an enabling environment for GPAL and others.
Monday, Abia said she was working on a bill to criminalise power theft, power infrastructure vandalism, non-payment for power consumed, and non-supply of power.
The media consultant to GPAL, Mr. Don Adinuba, debunked the claim that the Abia government in Okezie Ikpeazu’s administration invested $5 million in GPAL.
He said that Ikpeazu’s administration only made a promise to invest in the company.(NAN)
