Major stakeholders in the Egbema Power Plant restoration project have dismissed assertions made by an alleged phantom group in an open letter to Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state.
In a counter letter to the Governor signed by Elder Raphael Anene (Chairman, Landlord Association), Chima Ezikoro (Mmahu Youth President), Nwoke Isdore (President, Landlords Youth Association) and nine others, the stakeholders stated that an unknown interest group was misleading the government and the public with lies intended to ultimately disrupt the smooth running of the restoration work at the power plant.
The Egbema Power Plant, a 378MW gas turbine power station was initially abandoned for eight years before work resumed on the project last year. While the stakeholders passed a vote of confidence on the Community Liaison Officer of the project, Hon. Heclus Okoro for being effective and making the project site accessible to relevant officials, they stressed that the Project Implementation Committee for the power plant was constituted and inaugurated on the 12th of August, 2023 at the palace of Eze A.I. Iwuogu as the election was supervised by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Egbema, as directed by the LG Chairman, Hon. Marcel Amadioha.
They urged the Governor and the public to disregard the false claims of the group which they said lost out in the election for the implementation committee, adding that nobody should play games with the future and economic development of the people of Egbema and Imo state at large.
