C/River Govt Skipper Seil Sign Pact on Power, ITM
In furtherance of his earlier resolve to illuminate the state, Cross River governor, Prof Ben Ayade, has signed a pact with an Indian firm, Skipper Seil group, to provide a 100kva solar lighting generating system.
Also signed was an agreement for a two by 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 yesterday, at the Governor’s office, Calabar, President of the firm, Mr. Jitender Sachdeva said: “I can assure you that before we start on this particular project, we will be on ground maximum two months from now.” Sachdeva added: “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.”
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.”
Piqued by the dwindling financial challenges affecting the state, Sachdeva expressed confidence in the zeal and doggedness of Governor Ayade, whom he described as “one of the few governors in Nigeria today who are paying salaries on time, “adding that “your projects are moving, your garment factory has been completed and I see you getting energy all the time even in the night and morning.”
Responding, Governor Ayade maintained that the provision of a 100 megawatts solar power intervention to serve as a grid zone for industrial production across the 18 LGAs in the state was apt.
He said: “solar power is a 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.”
The governor also hinted that discussions were at advanced stage for immediate communities that generate such power to have the opportunity of experiencing electricity, pointing out that “our critical challenge is rural electrification to ensure that the northern and central parts of the state who do not have immediate access to gas powered electricity will be excited to have you.”
On the intervention on education by the Indian firm, Ayade said: “My original dream was to build a builder’s academy, I will like to see the superhighway and seaport being constructed by a team of Cross Riverians who have been trained by our skill school.”
Continuing, the governor assured: “It is our strong hope that Skipper Seil will provide the Indian technology which today indisputable anymore,” adding that “truly, truly, ITM will take a true breath of full technical capacity while upgrading it to a polytechnic to allow it have some federal interventions and sustain its philosophy to provide skilled hands-on- in- training.”
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