By Jasmine Okogeri
In what appears to be first of its kind the Member Representing Afikpo North East Constituency Hon Chief Oluchukwu Ukie Ezeali (PNoble), Ebonyi State House of Assembly, has demanded that the Commissioner for Power and Energy Hon Peter Oge Ali, show where he kept the 15 Transformers meant for Afikpo and Unwana.
It is alleged that about N208M is involved in the Controversy as the EEDC rejected the shoddy work the Commissioner for Power and Energy did. According to sources for some years the people of Afikpo and Unwana have been suffering epileptic power supply due to aged transformers and the Governor of Ebonyi RT Hon Francis Nwifuru, in his wisdom approved 15 Transformers and it is yet to arrive.
Which is why the Member Representing Afikpo North East Constituency is very Upset and demands accountability. Idependent report has it that out of the transformers that the Commissioner is claiming he bought, two were donated by EEDC. The Commissioner for Power and Energy, Hon Peter Oge Ali, just carried it and installed…
The question is: Where are the 15 transformers that Governor Nwifuru approved for Afikpo and Unwana?
Meanwhile it also alleged that the so called transformers that the Commissioner installed, none of them has been installed nor powered due to the fact that EEDC condemned the poor works that the Commissioner of Power and Energy did.
Where he is supposed to use 150mm armoured cable, he went and used 70mm cable. Somewhere he is supposed to use 300mm armoured cable, he used 150mm armoured cable, whereas what’s contained in Governor’s approval are standard cables for 150mm and 300mm…
Can the Commissioner tell us why the transformers have not been accepted by EEDC? Yet, he went on air to announce that he has completed his work and Afikpo is now having light. Enough is enough Hon PNoble fired at the Commissioner of Power and Energy. Efforts to reach the Commissioner of Power to get his side of the story proved abortive.