NDDC connects sub-station to power 5 LGAs in Ondo
LDevelopment agos -- The Niger Delta
Commission, NDDC, has confirmed that it has completed and connected the 132/33kv electricity sub-station it built at Ode-Erinje in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State to the national grid.
Speaking during an inspection of the project, NDDC’s Executive Director of Projects, Sir Victor Antai, described the power station as a legacy project that would boost economic activities in Ondo State and improve the living standards of the benefitting communities.
Antai stressed that the NDDC was committed to providing electricity to oil-producing communities in Ondo South Senatorial District that had been without electricity for the past 15 years, stating that the sub-station would be inaugurated this month.
He declared: “The power substation is a legacy project which is in line with the directive of our Managing Director/CEO, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, to see to the completion and commissioning of legacy projects that will make meaningful impact on the lives of our people.
“The MD/CEO has also directed that we replicate this legacy project across all states in the Niger Delta and we thank President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for giving the NDDC a performing Governing Board that has the interest of the people at heart.”
He added: “We are committed to lighting up all the local government areas and the oil-producing communities in Ondo South Senatorial District.
“This is part of NDDC’s mandate to provide infrastructure and development projects in the Niger Delta region. The Commission is committed to fulfilling this mandate by completing all ongoing projects.”
Antai stated that the power substation would provide electricity to over 2,000 communities across five local government areas within the oilproducing region of Ondo State, significantly impacting lives by ending decades of darkness.
He noted that the NDDC had awarded a contract for the total rehabilitation of the distribution network because it was eager to hook up the power lines to the injection substation and enable the benefiting communities to enjoy electricity from the national grid.