By Onungwe Obe
Youths from Gbarain kingdom in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State yesterday threatened a showdown with the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) after the company failed to restore electricity power to the area since late last year when public power was cut off by the company.
THISDAY checks showed that a fire incident at the Gbarain power station had caused a damage that cut off the power supply.
Since then, nothing had been done to restore power supply in the area, triggering accusations that NDPHC did not care if the people lived in perpetual darkness or not.
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The aggrieved people of Gbarain Kingdom in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have threatened a showdown with the Niger Delta Power Holding Company following a prolonged power outage in the area which started in the last quarter of 2020.
It was gathered that a technical glitch had caused a fire incident at the Gbarain power station which threw the area into total blackout.
The NDPHC management was said to have taken notice of the incident initially, but its inability to fix the problem after several months had caused fear among residents that the company was not concerned about their plight.
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Published 31 December 2020
In a sequel to how abandoned hydropower stations have worsened the poor power supply in the country, TUNDE AJAJA probes further into the perennial problem and other areas in the value chain
Barely two months after
Sunday PUNCH’s report detailed how neglect and lack of genuine commitment by successive governments have hampered the development of the various hydropower stations across the country, there are strong indications that the Mambilla hydropower project, conceived since 1972, might have suffered another setback.
Our correspondent gathered that the all-important Mambilla project, which is to be Nigeria’s biggest single hydropower station, with the capacity to generate a whopping 3,050MW and boost power generation significantly for the benefit of the already distressed citizens, was not captured in the 2021 budget.
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NIPP intervention and challenges of electicity privatisation
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By Kunle Kola Olubiyo
Nigeria returned to democratic governance in 1999, giving birth to a political milestone known as the 4th Republic.
The Power Sector had gone over 20 years without a single major capital infusion by the government. This arguably set the tone for what was going to be a massive investment to revive the sector. In order to fast-track different government-funded projects into mainstream contention, the National Integrated Power Projects, NIPP, was conceived in 2004 under the President Olusegun Obasanjo administration as a government-funded quick intervention in the ailing power sector inherited by the new civilian administration.