Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has expressed his determination to pull off a planned deal that would make the state acquire 60 per cent stake in the power assets of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC).
The deal would ultimately free the Umuahia ringed fence area, comprising eight local governments, cutting across Abia Central and Abia North zones, and place them under the service area of Geometric Power Limited, which supplies electricity to 53 per cent of Abia.
Umuahia area is made up of eight local governments — Umuahia-North, Umuahia-South, and Ikwuano in Abia Central zone, and the entire five local governments of Abia-North Zone — Arochukwu, Bende, Isiukwuato, Ohafia and Umunneochi.