Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Monday, flagged off the Light Up Nigeria project in Enugu, as part of the federal government’s efforts to boost energy supply to industrial clusters in the south-east region.
The VP, also on Monday, commissioned the 181mw Geometric Power Plant in Aba, Abia State.
The Light Up Nigeria project is a collaborative venture between the Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited (NDPHC) and its partners.
Speaking at the event, Shettima noted that the project is targeted at revamping Nigeria’s infrastructure framework with the much-needed drive in empowering Nigerians and strengthening the economic policies of the Tinubu administration.
He described the project as a transformative journey and a renewal of hope for industrialists and investors in the South-East region.
Shettima said: “the long awaited solution to epileptic power supply is finally here and this project will help to stabilise Nigeria because if there is no power, there can’t be industrialization.
“The economic fortune of Nigeria remains the critical concern of President Tinubu as we believe that if the power sector works, Nigeria works too, so we must make the project work and make the South East work.”
Earlier in his welcome address, Chinedu Ugbo, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of NDPHC, said the event provided an opportunity for the business community in the South-East Zone to interact with His Excellency, the Vice President of Nigeria, adding that it marked the formal launch of the South-East phase of the strategic collaboration between NDPHC and other project partners to provide steady and reliable electricity supply to industrial and business clusters across Nigeria.
The event was graced by the Governor of Imo State and the Chairman, South-East Governors’ Forum, Senator Hope Uzodinma, Governor of Enugu State, Dr Peter Mbah, the Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo and the Governor of Ebonyi State, Hon. Francis Nwifuru.