FEC approves tasks to enhance energy provide in Nigeria

The Federal Government Council (FEC) has accepted tasks to shore up energy provide throughout the nation.

Minister of Energy, Abubakar Aliyu, introduced this after the Federal Government Council (FEC) assembly, presided by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday on the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Mr Aliyu mentioned the tasks had been geared toward strengthening the capability of the Transmission Firm of Nigeria (TCN) and shore up energy provide within the nation.

“I introduced two memos to council at the moment which council has accepted; the primary memo council accepted the award of contract for design, provide and set up of 1x60MBA, 132×33 KV transmission substation with related 4×132 KV line bay extension at Hong Native Authorities in Adamawa within the sum of N6.5 billion, consisting of two parts. One is offshore and onshore.

“ The offshore is 6.9 million {dollars} and the onshore is N3.3 billion on the CBN prevailing trade price and seven.5 per cent VAT; the supply interval is 24 months.

“This seeks to boost the capability of the availability round that space and it’s going to have an effect on so many cities and villages. There’s a vital native authorities headquarters round that space.

“It’ll have an effect on Track which is a neighborhood authorities headquarters in Adamawa state; Gombi can also be one other native authorities headquarters; Garkida city after which Hong.

“Then Mubi, Woba, Michika, Madagali. There may be an present 132 that passes by way of this space; so, what we’re doing now could be to drop a substation there.

“The hope is by the point all these interventions we’re making on the grid reaches as much as 11,000 or thereabout, it will likely be capable of face up to and take it off; so, that is the intervention.’’

The minister mentioned that the second memo was to obtain energy transformers and related spare elements for TCN to be deployed to 6 areas.

“One is to Aiyede in Oyo; Offshore element is 1.8 billion {dollars}, the onshore is N98 million.

`The second is Gusau in Zamfara; the third one is Kankia in Katsina State; the subsequent one is Minna, Niger; then the fifth one is to Okearo in Ogun.

“The sixth one is in Damaturu, Yobe. This one may be very peculiar as a result of as you might bear in mind, for over one 12 months, Maiduguri has not been having fun with full electrical energy.

“We had been capable of take electrical energy provide by way of an previous line of 33 KV which we repaired and restored and had been capable of take 10 megawatts to Maiduguri over 130 kilometers on a 33 single circuit.

“We restored that round three to 4 months or thereabout; so they’re having fun with however little or no. By the point the electrical energy reaches Maiduguri, it is going to drop to 6 or seven megawatts due to losses alongside the best way.’’

Mr Aliyu mentioned that the 330 KV taking energy to Maiduguri was vandalised by insurgents.

He mentioned the ministry tried quite a lot of instances to revive it however the insurgents would return and pull down the towers.

“So, we now determined, in the primary time to take electrical energy by way of the 33 KVA which they’re having fun with however not as they could prefer it to be. It’s being rationed across the time.

“So, we’re at the moment procuring one other 33 double circuit new one to Maiduguri alongside the identical route.

“So the concept is that if somebody tampers with it, it’s straightforward to revive it inside a day or two, in contrast to the larger one which is the 330 which takes weeks or months to revive as a result of it’s within the bush.

“So, as it’s now even the one which we have now put in, we have now been doing cover and search. Typically they are going to pull one, two poles, we are going to restore and for this reason we’re doing this endeavour by the roadside; it’s this to maintain on restoring again.’’

He mentioned that at current, the contractor had returned to revive the primary line, 330kva that was vandalised a while again.

The minister mentioned with a purpose to have sufficient electrical energy for Damaturu and environs from that substation in Damaturu and take some to Maiduguri, the challenge would enhance the capability of Damaturu substation.

“So, the sixth one is at the price of 6.7 million {dollars} whereas the native element is N1.3 billion for the Damaturu improve injection transformer.

“So, the overall accepted for these is the greenback element as 22. 6 million {dollars} and the naira element is N5.1 billion and the council graciously accepted the 2 memos,’’ he mentioned.

(NAN)