Activities of vandals in Abia
State that attacked and cut off the transmission lines and tower, worth N40
million belonging to the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) who is
responsible for handling the ten (10) National Integrated Power Plants (NIPP)
has crippled the transmission of 1,397 megawatts of electricity which should
have been supplied from three of the plants according to reports by This Day.
Speaking in Abuja while notifying
the press about the illicit incidence, the Executive Director, Legal and
Company Secretary of NDPHC, Mr Abdullahi Salisu, told reporters that the
company still contends with such developments and many court restraints in the
state and its environs.
Mr. Salisu further said that the
incidence occurred in Ikwuano town where the 132/330KV transmission tower
weighing about 30 tonnes was tampered with using a generator and chainsaw ,
even after the community was duly compensated after NDPHC obtained a Right of
Way (RoW) for the over 200 kilometres line to Ikot Ekpene in Akwa Ibom State.
He added that the reason for the act could be likened to perceived inadequate
health compensation and alleged threat to their health.
The causes of delay in completing
the North-South transmission loop connecting the 563MW Calabar plant, 330MW
Egbema plant in Imo, and 504MW Alaoji plant in Abia state, were also traced to
similar actions as this.
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