Babatunde Raji Fashola, Minister of Works, Power and Housing.
In line with the Federal Government’s coverage on incremental energy to spice up electrical energy provide in Nigeria, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, not too long ago commissioned a 2x60MVA, 132/33KV Transmission Substation at Odogunyan, Lagos State, to spice up provide at Ikorodu and its environs.
The Odogunyan substation, which was presupposed to have been accomplished seven years in the past for poor funding, the Minister stated, is aimed toward enhancing capability and efficiency of the Ikeja distribution firm (Disco).
The substation, he famous, would launch near 90 megawatts (MW) of energy to Ikeja Disco ranging from subsequent week, and this is able to permit optimum operate of industries and residents across the group, since they might be catered for from a direct feeder.
This implies that there's sufficient capability and redundancy for Ikeja Ddisco to enhance the standard, amount and stabilisation of energy to end-users in the realm.Fashola revealed that other than that venture, there have been 90 others but to be commissioned, that are at varied ranges of operations throughout the nation, “so we are forging ahead because we have the momentum.”
He superior that about 805 containers of kit, which was held on the ports for over 10 years due to failure in fee of contractors have been cleared, and are on website to quick monitor the initiatives on floor.
The minister famous that in the direction of the top of the yr, distribution could be elevated as a result of all of the 131 rural electrification initiatives have been accomplished nationwide, so your entire worth change is being touched.He also said that “Azura is going to start operations sometimes this month or early June, and that’s 459 megawatts added to the 2,000 we already have, Afam, which is 240 megawatt is coming too, but there is low investment in the distribution line.”
The Managing Director (MD) of Laga Cepower, (the contractors of the substation development) Rhoda Afolabi talked about funding as the main problem citing that the venture was suppose to take three years, however attributable to poor funding, it was prolonged to seven years.
Afolabi who stated she couldn’t price the venture for the time being because of the lengthy extension of it appealed to authorities to ascertain belief in the Nigerian corporations to spice up native content material. In his comment, the Managing Director, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Usman Gur Mohammed, stated there have been vital adjustments in the ability worth chain as era has gone from three,500MW to 7,000, transmission from 5,500 MW to 7,124MW, and distribution from three,000MW to five,234 MW between 2015 and now.
Mohammed whereas commending the Ministry beneath Fashola, stated TCN had generated about $1.57billion beneath his watch, including that the corporate plans to develop its grid to 20,000MW in the subsequent three to 4 years.He nonetheless cited the problem of forms in the system, as hindering optimum operations.