The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has disclosed the
completion of a new 2X30/40MVA, 132/33kV transmission substation at Tamburawa
in Kano State.
In a statement signed by its Assistant General Manager,
Public Affairs, Mr. Dave Ifabiyi, the TCN said the new Tamburawa transmission
substation situated in the outskirts of Kano metropolis was constructed by
Nespak Nigeria Limited, with the supervision of its engineers.
Ifabiyi noted that the substation was connected to the
Zaria-Kano 132KV single circuit transmission line, adding that the installation
and inauguration meant that the transformer capacity within the Kano axis has
increased by additional 80MVA.
According to him, the Challawa industrial area and the
Tamburawa water works in the state stand to benefit maximally from the new
transmission substation as soon as the Kano Electricity Distribution Company
completes the ongoing construction works on the two 33kV feeder lines from the
new substation to both areas.
TCN also revealed that within the last four weeks, it had
successfully completed the in-house installation and inauguration of a 60MVA,
45MVA and 30MVA, 132/33kV power transformers in Ibadan, Oyo State; Suleja in
Niger State and Akure in Ondo State respectively.
Also, a 150MVA, 330/132/33kV power transformer provided by
the World Bank, through the PHCN’s Project Monitoring Unit (PMU) was
successfully installed in collaboration with TCN within the same period in
Ibadan.
Meanwhile, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Power,
Godknows Igali, disclosed that the country would surpass the 10,000 mega watts
of electricity supply before the end of the year with the Independent Power
Projects (IPP) kicking off on schedule.
Igali explained that government had invested considerably in
the power sector and expressed optimism that if unscrupulous Nigerians stopped
vandalism of electricity installations power would be stable.
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