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The All Progressives Congress in the South-East has hailed the promise by the APC presidential candidate, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to revive the abandoned coal industry in Enugu.

Buhari had during a campaign rally in Enugu on Saturday promised to revamp the abandoned coal deposits in Enugu and use it for electricity generation in the South-East.

Reacting to the development, the APC spokesman in the zone, Osita Okechukwu, said Buhari had rekindled the hopes of the people of the South-East, who had been aggrieved over the plight of the coal industry.

Okechukwu in a statement said the coal deposits in Enugu, in the past, was used to power the Oji River Power Station, which generated electricity for the eastern region and beyond.

Okechukwu said, In those days, electricity from Oji River Power Station served industries in the eastern region like the Premier Cashew Industry, Oghe; Avop Vegetable Oil, Nachi; Sunrise Flour Mills; Aluminum Industry, Ohebe Dim; Niger Gas and Niger Steel.

Today, coal has been abandoned while Oji River Power Station has gone moribund, throwing our region into darkness like other parts of the country.

All these industries that formed the industrial base of the South-East region have become moribund, hence gross unemployment.

He said the APC in the South-East had confidence in Buhari to redeem his promise unlike the Peoples Democratic Party-led Federal Government that for the past 16 years reneged on the promise to revamp the coal industry they made at the eve of every election.

I recall that in 2011, President (Goodluck) Jonathan promised to revamp the coal and up to date the 3D seismic study is yet to commence. But, with the promise Gen. Buhari made to us to revamp coal for electricity generation, we can see light at the end of the tunnel. His promise is a bond and commitment, he said.

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SEast APC hails Buharis pledge on coal industry