Under the present administration, the Sokoto State Government has vowed to continue working toward providing a steady supply of energy, stressing the importance of this in advancing socioeconomic and agricultural development.
Sanusi Danfulani, the state’s commissioner for energy and petroleum resources, revealed this to reporters on Friday, not long after touring the Goronyo Dam project.
The commissioner revealed that the 35MW Independent Power Project, which was started by Senator Aliyu Wamakko’s administration, has received N2 billion in approval from the state governor, Dr. Ahmed Aliyu.
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He also said that the governor has similarly approved N3 billion for the solar energy project, which he said has already commenced. He explained that the state government is collaborating with foreign energy companies to source five hydroelectric megawatts from the Goronyo Dam to complement the state-owned IPP, which, according to him, will soon be put to use
The commissioner went on to say that the local government areas of Goronyo, Isa, Sabon Birni, Rabah, Wurno, Gada, Illela, and Gwadabawa would receive electricity from the five megawatts if they were completed.
“Dr. Ahmed Aliyu, the governor of Sokoto state, envisions overcoming all obstacles related to the supply of electricity in order to draw in investors and implement a bold transformation for Sokoto state that will spur economic growth,”
“And the governor, Dr. Ahmed Aliyu, has committed a whopping N5 billion to provide electricity for the welfare of the Sokoto people and socio-economic and agricultural development in the state because you can only achieve that with an uninterrupted power supply.”