Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara has presented a 33KVA capacity electricity transformer to the leadership of Rumepirikom Community in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State on Friday.
Governor Fubara during the presentation on Saturday said his administration has commenced synergizing efforts with critical stakeholders in the power sector to ensure 24 hours electricity supply to residents in the State.
Represented by the Commissioner for Power, Hon. Solomon Eke, governor Fubara said his ministry has started working with the Transmission Company of Nigeria, (TCN), Generation companies (GENCOs) and the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) to achieve the articipated goal.
Hon. Eke explained that the transformer has been provided sequel to their request to the governor who had directed his ministry to present it to them and also complete it installation at no cost to the community so that it can be powered for actual use by the people.
He said: “The governor feels your pains. See, as people are demonstrating now, it is good to understand that in Rivers State, the governor is attending to the needs of the people. He doesn’t want our people to suffer.
“As a ministry, I want to assure you that we are working towards ensuring that we have 24 hours light supply in Rivers State. It is something we know that we can do because we are already generating sufficient power that will make electricity available to our people in the State.
“But the reason why we are not having 24 hours supply is because of this laxity of PHEDC. Like now, they are supposed to bring you transformer, have they brought it ? No.
“So, if everybody that requires transformer has it and other things things to use to step down this power are made available, it will get to all of us and we will get 24 hours supply. And that is what we are working to achieve with them, and we are pressuring TCN, Gencos and PHEDC.”
“We appreciate this gesture and assure his Excellency that the hospital management will ensure that this facility, among many others that he has provided for us, will be safe-guided, and maximally utilized to deliver better health care to Rivers people.”
