Governor Ben Ayade assures Cross Riverians that the proposed 26 Megawatts Tinapa Power plant will be ready in 18 months and will boost electricity supply to investors who are coming into the state after he signed an agreement between the state government and a Dubai based firm, Skipper Seil, to provide a 100kva solar lighting generating system.
Also signed was an agreement for a 26 megawatts gas power turbine at the Tinapa Business and Leisure Resort, as well as the training of trainers in the Institute of Technology and Management, Ugep.
At the agreement signing ceremony held at the Governor’s office, Calabar, President of the firm, Mr. Jitender Sachdeva said his firm chose to invest in the state due to the investment friendly policies of the Ayade-led administration and the fact that the state is peaceful and safe.
“We will work very hard, fine tune all the activities and try to be on ground after the PPA in December. I want to assure you that the plant in Tinapa for 26 megawatts will give a boost to electricity and will be completed in 18 months time,” Sachdeva stated.
On the Institute of Technology and Management, Ugep, the President, Skipper Seil group disclosed that “in addition to our Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR), we have sent our team for the study of the technical Institute here in the state, and I can, with pride say, we are going to associate with your state in education as the Institute is now fully geared to start.”
Responding, Governor Ayade disclosed that the 100kvm solar power intervention will serve as a grid for industrial zones across the 18 LGAs in the state.
According to him, “solar power is the new way to go, because it is one way of reducing carbon emission to the atmosphere. It also creates new job opportunities for young people who are now interested in going into solar energy.”