NSP Foundation provides transformer for host community in Niger

The North-South Power (NSP) Foundation has provided a 500 KVA transformer to the Jankasa community, which hosts the power dam in the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State.

Jankasa Community, a village located in Zumba ward, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, has existed without electricity supply since its inception several decades ago.

The people in this community depend on neighboring villages for activities that require power.

The provision of a 500KVA transformer and the installation of step-down power lines connecting every household are a dream come true.

The electrification project, which will now open up the community for economic activities, is part of the Corporate Social Responsibility of the North South Power Foundation.

Kemi Adekanye, Head of General Services at North South Power Company Limited and Manager of the Foundation, said the electrification project fulfills the vision of the Power Company to improve the living standards of their host communities.

Adekanye stated that the project was part of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of the power station to provide electricity and improve the living standards and economic activities of host communities.

She urged the people of the community to take advantage of the electricity to venture into profitable businesses and promised to extend the same gesture to other host communities.

She advised the people of the community to take ownership of the project to prevent it from being vandalized.

Similarly, Alhaji Hassan Abdullahi, the Consultant in charge of Corporate Social Responsibility for the North South Power Foundation, said the foundation, since its inception, has designed a roadmap to positively impact host communities by uplifting their livelihoods.

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He emphasized that the foundation’s focus was to provide electricity to host communities, access to portable drinking water, and scholarships for indigent children.

Inaugurating the project, Commissioner for Transport Hadiza Idris Kuta described the gesture as a welcome development that will add value to the economic emancipation of the community.

In his remarks, the Village Head of Jankasa, Alhaji Alheri Audu, said the people of the community were overwhelmed by the project and appreciated the foundation for the gesture.