The Anambra State Power Committee has been re-constituted.

 

Governor Chukwuma Soludo who performed the ceremony at the Government House, Awka, charged members of the committee to be responsive to the task ahead in ensuring that all urban areas in the state have adequate power supply.

 

The committee has Mr Chike Okonkwo as Chairman and Sir Nwabufo Nwankwo as Secretary.

Other Members of the Committee include Commissioner for Power and Water Resources, Mr Julius Chukwuemeka, Mr Geoffrey Nwokoye, Dr. Chukwueloka Umeh, Mr Vincent Obiorah, Mr George Chiatula, Nze Akachukwu Nwankpo, Mr Ugochukwu Ifediora and Chief Titus Akpudo.

 

The committee’s terms of reference include conducting power flow and demand forecast studies to ascertain the adequacy of the current supply in the state, determine the optimal siting of power infrastructure to mitigate the identified inadequacies and support future load growth and liaise with Enugu Electricity Distribution Company to recommend short and medium term implementable solutions to archive adequate supply among others.

Inaugurating the Committee Professor Soludo who spoke through the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Solo Chukwulobelu described the Committee as an important aspect of the vision of the present administration, asking the members to review the work done by previous committee in the past administration with a view of achieving optimum results in solving all bottlenecks in the power sector.

 

Governor Soludo while congratulating members of the committee noted that they were carefully selected because of the huge responsibilities the state entrusted them with and expressed the hope that with the terms of reference, Ndi Anambra and investors will in no distant time experience a turnaround in the power sector.

The Commissioner for Power and Water Resources, Mr Chukwuemeka in his remarks pointed out that the committee will equally look out for estimated billing and prepaid meters among others to ensure that Anambra State meets with the target of asking Ndi Anambra to come home and invest.

 

Responding, the Chairman of the Committee, Mr Chike Okonkwo an Engineer who thanked the governor for the call to serve, summarized their work as to provide adequate power supply to communities

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