Residents of Yenagoa are still awaiting the completion of the Bayelsa Independent Power Project to address the unreliable electricity supply in the State capital.
The Bayelsa State Government through the Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Mrs. Ebiuwou Koku-Obiyai has given an assurance that the project is nearing completion stage, with President Bola Tinubu expected for its inauguration.
She stated this shortly after members of the Federated Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Bayelsa State Council embarked on an independent assessment tour to the facility.
The Yenagoa Independent Power Project was embarked upon by the Governor Douye Diri led Administration pledging to solve the persistent black out experienced in the Bayelsa State capital.
The facility which will provide a 50 Megawatt electricity fired from gas turbines is located at Elebele in Ogbia Local Government area, near Yenagoa.
The State government had repeatedly told residents that the Project would be completed in December last year and later, February this year, but that did not come to fruition.
With construction works still ongoing, residents are anxiously waiting for when it will finally be completed to provide uninterrupted electricity supply to power their businesses, homes and boost socio-economic activities.
Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Mrs. Ebiuwou Koku-Obiyai in an interview with Correspondents said finishing touches were being put in place with President Bola Tinubu expected to inaugurate the project on completion.
When members of the Federated Correspondents Chapel visited the project site, Director of Operations at the Bayelsa Electricity Company, Engineer Steve Bubagha, said the contractors were working round the clock to put finishing touches to deliver the project.
Engineers at the 60 Megawatts Gas Turbine project said when completed, the facility would provide electricity to residents in Yenagoa metropolis from Igbogene to Swali.
