15 YEARS AFTER, ELECTRICITY RESTORED TO EKUKU-AGBOR
By Patrick Gbuchanye
The people of Ekuku-Agbor in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State have every reason to celebrate following the restoration of electricity to the agrarian community 15 years after its electricity facility broke down.
Power was finally restored on Thursday, October 24, 2024, after the completion of a sub-station which has put paid to years of the outage and signalled hope for socioeconomic improvement in Ekuku-Agbor, Agbor-Alidinma, Obi-Agbor, Egbudu Akan and other communities.
Community leaders and residents as they jubilate showered encomiums on the Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori and the chairman of Ika South Local Government Area of the state, Jerry Ehiwarior, for their efforts in the power restoration.
It would be recalled that Hon. Ehiwarior, a native of Ekuku Agbor, on assumption of office as then Commissioner for Power and Energy in 2023, initiated measures to restore electricity to the area.
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Subsequently, a contract was awarded by the state government to resuscitate the power substation in the town.
Speaking on the completion of the project, community leaders, including Chief P. C. Aliemeke, Mr Simon Okocha, President-General of Ekuku-Agbor community and Chief Isaac Ebonka of Agbor-Alidinma, said they were glad to witness the historic moment after years of lost hope
While thanking the governor for the gesture, the people said their confidence in the state government has been boosted, adding that with the restoration of electricity supply, the economic activities in Ekuku-Agbor and adjoining communities that cut across Ika South and Aniocha South local government areas will now be revived.
Meanwhile, the present Commissioner for Power and Energy, Hon Sunny Tatabuzuogwu, had equally inspected the Ekuku-Agbor Power Project to ascertain the level of work done while giving kudos to Governor Oborevwori for the approval of the electricity project to put a smile on the face of the people after a long blackout.