Obaseki: Edo blessed to be in core hubs of power transmission in Nigeria

Edo and Lagos states are the only two states that enjoy the fullness of electricity structure in Nigeria, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said in Benin City.
Besides, Obaseki said Edo will, in no distant time, generate one in every power generation (20 per cent) in Nigeria adding: “We are blessed to be in the core hubs in the transmission of power in Nigeria”.
In his address at the graduation ceremony of 114 staff of BEDC second Graduate Trainee Programme and the first Technician Trainee Programme in Benin City, Obaseki disclosed that “We like what you (BEDC) are doing with Elizade; we’ll like you to consider expanding the programme by collaborating with the Benin Technical College (BTC).
“We (Edo) have two power generating plants, one in Ihovbor, while the other (AZURA) is still under construction and so, by the grace of God, we have another one coming on stream this year.
“We have two transmission substations, we have an electricity distribution company. So, we can understand why this means so much to us.
“Electricity as has been expressed here is key to industrialisation, so, when I made a promise of creating a minimum 200,000, this is where my power was derived from,” the governor noted.
Obaseki, who enlisted BEDC for the training of not less than 2,000 technicians in the next four years, said it would complement the State Government’s creation of 200,000 jobs.
According to him, “We, as State Government, will provide the facilities to train for us, over the next four years, a minimum of over 2,000 technicians.
“With this, we are sure 2,000 will have knowledge of electricity; details shall be worked out later.”
Congratulating BEDC’s management initiative on human capital development and what has been put in place to grow the company, Obaseki noted that “the most important investment you (BEDC) have made is investment in manpower,” adding that “it’s a right step in the right direction”.