As a means of improving the electricity supply in Okitipupa, Ondo State, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), says that all hands are on deck to ensure the completion and inauguration of the 132/33kv electricity substation being constructed by the commission.
During the inspection of the project, the NDDC Executive Director of Projects, Charles Ogunmola, stated that the contractor must work towards completing the project in the next three months.
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Ogunmola noted 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.
He added that a speedy completion of the sub-station will help achieve that goal and move the people from darkness to light.
He said;
We are committed to lighting up the seven local government areas and the oil-producing communities in Ondo South Senatorial District.
According to Ogunmola, the electricity sub-station project will boost economic activities in Ondo State and improve their living standards.
Providing more insight on the project, Benson Obayelu, who spoke for the contracting firm, said the scope of the contract included the evacuation of light from Omotosho with a step-down at Ireje through a 132KV double circuit line with two 30/40MVA transformers at Okitipupa.
The NDDC Director for Ondo State Office, Mr Salami Okogie, observed that several communities across five local government areas in the oil production belt of Ondo State were eagerly waiting for the light to be turned on in their localities
