Residents of Abuja might witness an improved electricity supply as six substations with a combined capacity of 1000 megawatts are near completion, Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu declared.
In recent times, Nigeria’s power generation has witnessed incessant falls leading to several hours or days of nationwide blackouts.
The national grid has collapsed eight times in 2022, cable news reported.
Speaking to journalists while on an inspection tour, the minister noted that the substations project was undertaken by the Transmission Company of Nigeria and will be commissioned before the end of the year.
“This is a TCN project and is called the Abuja Ring Project. This project, which is about six, combining lines and substations, has a brand new substation in Gwarimpa that will be completed this month or in December,” he stated.
While acknowledging the progress of the work at the substations, the minister assured that some of the substations will start operating by next month.
Investors King learnt that the six substations are situated in Dawaki, Old Apo, New Apo, Kuje, and Gwarinpa.
In addition, the six substations are funded by a credit facility of $170 million dollars from the French Development Agency (AFD).
It could recall that in October 2022, the Federal Government had instructed the contractor headling the substations to expedite work.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Power who was in the company of the Managing Director of TCN, Engr. Sule Abdulaziz also declared at the inspection tour that one of the mega transformers acquired by the Federal Government from Siemens had been cleared at the ports and would be installed at the Old Apo substation.
According to the minister, the mega transformer which would be installed next week will be used to power the six substations.
When completed and operational, the six substations will redistribute the load on the already existing substations in Abuja. For instance, the new substation being built in Dawaki will relieve the load on Kubwa substation.
