Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel has said the Federal Government’s policy on power distribution has limited his administration’s investments in the state’s power sector.
Emmanuel disclosed this at a briefing at the weekend that Ibom Power Plant in Ikot Abasi generates 150 megawatts of electricity more than enough to provide at least 22-hour electricity to all parts of the state.
He also said with the state-of-the-art sub-station at Ekim as well as hundreds of transformers installed in almost the communities in the state, Akwa Ibom State shouldn’t be suffering from power outages.
The governor called on the Federal Government to liberalise the power sector to allow state governors to generate and distribute power to their citizens.
“As a governor, you don’t control policies. If you have that limitation, you can’t perform optimally.
“There are a lot of things you will like to do but you don’t get policy support,” Emmanuel said.
He called on the people to support the government by purchasing their prepaid meters.
