Accugas Limited, a subsidiary of Savannah Energy, wishes to strongly deny the misinformation concerning its alleged involvement in the current power outage in Akwa Ibom State.
The power cut in Akwa Ibom State, the company said in a statement, is due to the reported fault in the 132-KV Aba-Itu transmission line, which is preventing power being transmitted from the National Grid into the State.
Ibom Power Company (“IPC”) is one of 23 thermal power generation companies, which channel power to the National Grid, which in turn disseminates all accumulated power to each State of the federation through the electricity distribution companies.
Within Akwa Ibom State, Accugas has been the sole supplier of gas to IPC since 2014 and, together with other Savannah subsidiaries, has invested over US$1.5 billion in gas development within the state.
Furthermore, Savannah has recently invested $45 million in a gas compression project at Accugas’ Uquo central processing facility at Esit Eket.
Accugas’ commitments also extend to several social investment projects in the state. All the foregoing investments and projects, including other imminent investments Accugas intends to make in the State, demonstrate the company’s long-term commitment to the economic wellbeing of Akwa Ibom State and Nigeria.
