The Edo State Government has opened discussion with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to harness the state’s water resources to generate electricity, according to reports.
This was disclosed by the Governor Godwin Obaseki when he received the coordinator and officers of the Maritime Security Agency (MSA) during the group’s courtesy visit to the governor at the Government House in Benin City. Obaseki said the partnership talks with the UNDP on electricity generation is to strengthen the state government’s efforts to promote economic activities.
He said: “We are currently working with the UNDP to develop a mini-hydro project from the water resources in the state, specifically from Ovia and Ikpoba Rivers. “We have identified two major projects. The state government will take advantage of the opportunity provided by these water bodies to generate electricity to boost economic activities in the state.”