Anambra State Governor, Professor Charles Soludo, has re-constituted the Anambra State Power Committee.
Performing the ceremony, at the Government House, Awka, Governor Soludo charged to be responsive to the task ahead in ensuring that all urban areas in the state have adequate power supply.
The governor represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Solo Chukwulobelu, described the Committee as an important aspect of the vision of the present administration.
He urged the Power Committee members to review the work done by the previous committees in the past administration so as to achieve optimum results in solving all bottlenecks in the power sector.
Governor Soludo congratulated them, stating that they were carefully selected because of the confidence the state has in them, adding that with the terms of reference, Ndi Anambra and investors will, in no distant time, experience a turnaround in the power sector.
Contributing, the Commissioner for Power and Water Resources, Mr Chukwuemeka, pointed out that the committee will equally lookout 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.
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.
Responding, the Chairman of the Committee, Engineer Chike Okonkwo, thanked the governor for the confidence reposed in them and promised not to disappoint the government, Ndi Anambra and other residents of the state.
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