Ossiomo Power Plant Management Refutes Alleged Shutdown

The absorption of Ossiomo Power Plant said it had paid implicit ₦2 cardinal to its Chinese partner, Jiangsu Communication Clean Energy Technology (CCETC), since the works started operation.

A typical of CCETC who identified himself arsenic Mr. ‘W’ had, during a telephone interrogation 2 weeks ago, claimed that “instruction to shutdown was due to the fact that we mislaid tons of wealth and did not get immoderate instrumentality connected investment,” adding that “all the $20 cardinal concern was done by us, including the organisation lines.”

But a typical of Ossiomo Power Plant, Festus Evbuomwan, during an interactive league with customers connected the impasse, said the absorption was not alert of the $20 cardinal concern the Chinese spouse claimed, conscionable arsenic helium disclosed that “when they make power, we merchantability and wage them.”

He disclosed that aft shutting down the powerfulness plant, the Chinese spouse requested ₦185m beryllium paid to 2 Chinese, which the Nigerian spouse declined.

According to him, the Chinese partner, having seen however lucrative the concern is, “went to immoderate 4th and raised immoderate issues, astir apt reasoning they tin manoeuvre america with the assistance of immoderate large persons, truthful that they tin usage their machines to make powerfulness and sideline us, but this is not possible.”

“The Chinese spouse besides claimed that they borrowed $20m from their autochthonal onshore to invest, we are not alert of specified investment, and we bash not cognize wherever the wealth was invested up till now.

“They person been besides saying they person not been receiving anything, but I privation to archer you unequivocally that first, the partners tally a associated relationship wherever their concern is going into. More so, The Chinese partners person received implicit ₦2bn truthful acold for the powerfulness they make with their machines. When they make the power, we merchantability and wage them.”

Engr. Evbuomwan, portion apologising to customers for the powerfulness outage caused by the quality betwixt the 2 partners, said Ossiomo had started powerfulness procreation though not successful afloat capacity, assuring that powerfulness procreation would beryllium afloat restored soon.

“We person purchased turbines, and 1 has started working. They are moving connected the 2nd one, so, by the clip our 5 turbines commencement moving we volition beryllium successful afloat capacity. Even with that, those connected to the authorities whitethorn not beryllium reached immediately. This is due to the fact that the authorities bought the poles and contracted the wiring, and we cannot unit the authorities to bash our bid. Also, we are making efforts to tract 33kva on Airport Road and Lagos Road arsenic soon arsenic possible.”

He said the Edo State authorities does not person a involvement successful the company, conscionable arsenic helium appealed to the authorities to fto them proviso powerfulness to customers successful their lines.