24 hrs power supply to Aba: Geometric resumes operations Monday, as Tinubu commissions plant

By Ezurike Ugochukwu

The commissioning of the 181-megawatt Geometric Power plant in the Osisioma Industrial Layout of Aba in Abia State will now hold on Monday, February 26, 2024, according to a statement by the company’s management made available to Nation Update.

This has changed the earlier plan inauguration and commissioning of the plant scheduled for Saturday, February 24, by President Bola Tinubu.

The Presidency sources in Abuja said the new date was due to what it described as unexpected developments.

The president will commission the 188-MW thermal plant alongside Aba Power Ltd which will take electricity from the new plant and supply to nine of the 17 local government areas in Abia State.

Speaking on the development Engineer Cliff Eneh, a former senior manager with the defunct National Electric Power of Nigeria (NEPA), commended the collaboration and support of the federal government towards making this dream a reality.

He said, “We are proud of the support the Federal Government has of late been giving Geometric Power integrated company, the only group in Nigeria that will generate and distribute its own power; other power firms either generate or distribute but do not get involved in giving.”

Ben Caven the Managing Director of Geometric Power Ltd described Geomitric Power Plant as the biggest investment in the Southeast.
Geometric Power he said has spent some $800 million dollars on its integrated power project, which includes building a 27-kilometre natural gas pipeline from Owaza in Ukwa west LGA in Abia State to the Osisioma Industrial Layout in Aba.
Caven, a former NEPA Executive Director famous for leading Transmission, Generation and Engineering Divisions simultaneously in the former state-owned power utility, explained: “We have, in addition, installed 150,000 kilometres of cables and wires and installed four new power substations as well as refurbished three others inherited from the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN.”