By Festus Ahon & Egufe Yafugborhi

ASABA—Delta State Government has pledged to provide an enabling environment for the establishment of the Aladja Industrial Energy Park, AIEPARK, Aladja, Udu Local Government Area of the state.

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Secretary to the State Government, Mr Festus Agas, gave the assurance at Government House, Asaba, when Warri-based firm, O-Secul Nigeria Limited, initiator of the industrial park project and one of its partners, Dubai-based Access Power, visited to intimate government of their readiness to kick-start the project with the provision of a 650mw power plant.

Agas said that the current  administration was committed to the rapid socio-economic development of the state and stressed the need for mutually beneficial collaboration with relevant private investors as the state government can not do it alone.

Meanwhile Chairman, O-secul, Michael Orugbo, told Vanguard in Warri after the Asaba visit that in terms of funding, land acquisition and other investors’ requirements, Access Power and O-Secul were ready to start construction of the power plant to pave way for the investors in other sectors.

He said: “About 150 acres of land have been duly acquired from the host community. A sales agreement with the Nigerian Gas Company for gas to feed the power plant had been signed earlier and needs review.”