The North South Power Foundation (NSPF) has donated 500 KVA transformer to Jankasa community hosting the power station in Shiroro local government area of Niger as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
The Head of General Services of the foundation, Kemi Adekanya, disclosed this during the inauguration of the electrification project of the community in Shiroro on Thursday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Jankasa community located in Zumba ward of Shiroro council area had since inception several decades ago existed without electricity supply.
Adekanya said the project was part of the CSR of the power station to provide electricity to improve the living standard 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 same gesture to other host communities.
She advised the people of the community to own the project in order to protect it from being vandalised.
Also, Alhaji Hassan Abdullahi, Consultant in charge of CSR for the NSPF, said the foundation since inception designed a roadmap to impact positively on host communities by uplifting their livelihoods.
He said the emphasise of the foundation was to provide electricity to host communities, portable drinking as well as scholarship to indigents children.
Similarly, Hajiya Hadiza Idris, Commissioner for Transport in Niger, described the gesture as a welcome development which would add value to the economy 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. (NAN)
