Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has said that he has fulfilled his promise to the people of Toungo as the 33kv mainline Kirito Toungo electrification project was put to use.
The governor stated this on Friday in Toungo while commissioning the first phase of Kiri to Toungo rural electrification project.
He said that due to the nature of the project, it is phased into two parts.
“The first part spans from Ganye to Toungo and the second part is the one from Toungo to Kirri. Today, we are commissioning the first phase of the electrification project which is a 33Kv main line from the Ganye Tee junction to Toungo and linked to the YEDC main Station with 11Kv Low Tension in Gamu and installed Transformers and LT distribution Lines in both Gamu and Toungo.
“The second phase of the project which takes the line from Toungo to Kirri which has already seen 90% poles erection is still a work in progress and we hope to commission it soon,” Governor Fintiri said.
The governor added that his administration is committed to securing at the minimum, an average of 80 – 90 megawatts a day for the State. This will translate to having about 18 -24 hours of electricity supply a day for our people.
“It will power the economy and provide the necessary incentives to our citizens who are skilled to pick up primary trades and crafts which will drastically suck away the army of young people who are chasing shadows of unavailable jobs or involving in non-productive or anti-social activities in the society. For the State, this is the fastest growth driver in industrial expansion and a catalyst for employment generation.
Today, two years after, we can safely say, a promise is fulfilled. I can conveniently go home and have a sound sleep that God in his infinite mercies has made me to deliver on this one. You can understand with me when I say “my joy knows no bounds,” he said.