The Abia State government has spent N1.5 billion to evacuate power from the 132/33 KV substation at Ohiya, near Umuahia, to five feeder stations at Afara, Ubakala, Ntigha, Nkwoegwu and Obowo near Umuahia.
Tony Ukasanya, the Special Adviser on Political Matters to Governor Theodore Orji, said this on Friday, when he led journalists round the sub-station.
According to him, the exercise which was completed on March 29 will solve over 70 percent of the power need of the area and has already improved electricity supply in Umuahia, the state capital.
The people in the region had previously depended on the 132KV sub-station in Aba for their electricity.
Ukasanya, who expressed hope that the project would stimulate economic and industrial activities in the state, commended the Federal and state governments for their efforts in completing the project, which was awarded in 2001.
Chukwunonye Okafor, an electrical engineer with Valence Holding Company, the Lagos-based firm that handled the evacuation, said that the company had completed its job and the test-running of the project and handed it over to the Power holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN).
According to him, the substation is set to transmit 132KV to Mbalano and Ohafia and with the completion of the power evacuation from the 330 KV at Alaoji, near Aba, epileptic power supply in the state will become a thing of the past.
Culled:Dailytimesng
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