Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has disclosed that the state government is considering generating electricity from the 9 Megawatts hydro power plant, located within the Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority.

The governor stated this during an on-the-spot assessment of facilities at the Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority on Friday.

Abiodun said that his administration is already in alliance with the Bureau of Public Enterprises on the modalities for the takeover.

He said that taking over the hydropower plant would boost his administration’s plan to improve the power supply across the state, as it would be merged with the gas-powered 30 megawatts power plant at Onijanganjangan to ensure that the state has the right energy mix.

Abiodun stated that the abandoned dam and hydropower plant, commissioned in 1983, represents stranded renewable energy that his administration intends to take advantage of.

He described the idea behind the establishment of the dam as noble, as it was meant to manage water outflow from neighbouring countries, local water tributaries, irrigation, power generation, and farming, among others.

“From the information we have, one of the three turbines was commissioned, but the other two were not commissioned because they were not fully installed.

“We have been engaging with the Bureau of Public Enterprises, and there is an alliance between our government and the Bureau to take over this hydropower plant and merge it with our gas-fired plant so that we have the right energy mix.



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