North-East Governors seek partnership with Shangai Electric Company to tackle inadequate power supply
North-East Governors seek partnership with Shangai Electric Company to tackle inadequate power supply
The North-East Governors’ Forum (NEGF) have resolved to work with the Shangai Electric Company to construct a 60 megawatts coal power plant or 50 megawatts solar power plant in each of the six states of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe to address the inadequate power supply in the region.
Reading a communique issued at the end of the forum’s 9th meeting held on Saturday in Yola, Adamawa State, Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni stated that poor infrastructure and bad road network are stalling development and fueling insecurity in the region, and making life more difficult for the people.
The forum called on the North-East Development Commission to work with the state governments and the federal Ministry of Works to improve road networks and to adopt more practical measures in rebuilding the roads.
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“Although the security situation is improving positively,
State governments should collaborate in the design of the security architecture, and to work with the security agencies to have a common road map” the forum noted.
The forum also emphasized the reality of climate change and sought collaboration with agencies like the Great Green Wall to mitigate desertification and encroachment.
According to the communique, Bauchi State Government is to host the North-East trade fair in February 2024 and called on the state governments to actively participate to explore the economic potential, and rich cultural tourism heritage in the region.
It also called on member states to as a matter of strategic regional integration domesticate the 2022 education law recommended by the North-East Development Commission.
The forum expressed the need for robust regional economic development, and work as an entity to strengthen human capacity with a call on the federal government to provide a modern gauge railway line in the region.
Signed
Mamman Mohammed
DG, Press and Media to Yobe Governor.