Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State says the 10 megawatts hydropower station in Tiga will be inaugurated within six weeks.

Abba Anwar,  Chief Press Secretary to  Mr Ganduje disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Kano.

He said the multimillion-naira power station was currently on pre-commissioning test.

Mr Ganduje gave the assurance during his inspection visit to the Tiga Power Plant and Tamburawa Water Treatment Plant.

The governor also commended the efforts of state independent power company, KHEDCO, contractors and other stakeholders.

“As it is designed from the beginning of the process, the 10 megawatts generated from Tiga station will be used to take care of Tamburawa Water Treatment Plant and metropolitan street lights.

“With this, our water issue will be dealt with decisively so also our street light issues will soon become history. While this project will be commissioned on the  Jan. 29,  we are still on similar project in Challawa Godge Dam, where we are generating Six  Megawatts,” the Kano governor said.

Explaining further, Mr Ganduje said “For the generation and distribution of energy, the state government established an independent power company, as the  law stipulates. We came up with Kano Hydro and Energy Development Company (KHEDCO). A limited liability company.

“And all the two needed licences for operations were secured since June 2021 from the  National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). Licences for power generation and distribution.”

However, Mr Ganduje said a final certification from the Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA) and Automation was still required. He mentioned that the certification process is ongoing and will be done in the next five days, as assured by contractors.

The governor assured  that he would do  his best to see that he left indelible legacies in all spheres of human endeavours before his second tenure ended.

(NAN)