Aden Electricity Syndicate accuses the government of deliberately neglecting infrastructure in favor of rented energy
English - Thursday 09 June 2022 الساعة 07:39 pm
Aden, NewsYemen:
Anis Maawadah, head of the General Electricity Syndicate in Aden, accused the Yemeni government of deliberately neglecting the rehabilitation of Aden's electricity infrastructure.
The South24 Center for Studies said in a detailed report on the thorny file of Aden electricity under the title (Aden Electricity: Official Corruption and Dark Deals), that Maawadah alleged that there was part of the behavior of a large lobby in electricity in general, and the complicity of the Aden branch, the ministry and the public institution by pushing parties in the presidency Ministers.
The plan calls for not rehabilitating these stations and neglecting them in favor of rented energy.”
In mid-2021, Ahmed Saeed Karama Jubah, a member of the Aden Electricity Supervisory Committee, told NewsYemen: The electricity crisis is a complex, between deliberate government failure to provide spare parts, and the provision of fuel needed for power plants on an ongoing basis, to make room for the purchased energy.
Maawadah considered that neglect is not normal and that those behind it are intended to destroy the infrastructure of important service facilities in the capital, Aden.
He added, "The internal electricity drainage network in Aden, which dates back to 1964, cannot accommodate more than 200 megawatts in its current condition, and if it is loaded more than that, Aden's power transformers will burn."
For its part, several labor parties from the Aden Electricity Syndicate, whom South24 met, expressed their astonishment at the "contract of the Prime Minister's office to purchase a leased power station, while the internal network suffers from many problems."
According to the General Electricity Syndicate, Maawadah refused to have any leased energy because of the cost of this leased energy to the state treasury, and billions of riyals spent on it without any benefit. He pointed out: "What it takes to maintain government stations does not exceed $50 million."
Maawadah added, "In addition to the financial depreciation caused by leased energy, it also causes technical depreciation, as the network is repeatedly left out as a result of the leased energy and its integration into the public electricity network."
Maawadah considered that neglect is not normal and that those behind it are intended to destroy the infrastructure of important service facilities in the capital, Aden.
He added, "The internal electricity drainage network in Aden, which dates back to 1964, cannot accommodate more than 200 megawatts in its current condition, and if it is loaded more than that, Aden's power transformers will burn."
For its part, several labor parties from the Aden Electricity Syndicate, whom South24 met, expressed their astonishment at the "contract of the Prime Minister's office to purchase a leased power station, while the internal network suffers from many problems."
And according to the General Electricity Syndicate, Maawadah refused to have any leased energy because of the cost of this leased energy to the state treasury, and billions of riyals spent on it without any benefit. He pointed out: "What it takes to maintain government stations does not exceed $50 million."
Maawadah added, "In addition to the financial depreciation caused by leased energy, it also causes technical depreciation, as the network is repeatedly left out as a result of the leased energy and its integration into the public electricity network."
