The Nigerian government has approved the award of contract for design, supply and installation of 132.32 KVA sub-station and transmission lines across different locations in the country.
The approval was given at Wednesday’s meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
The Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu who briefed State House correspondents after the meeting, said the approval followed one of the three memos he presented at the cabinet meeting.
According to him, the contract had five projects for the Transmission Company of Nigeria in favour of several contractors for a total sum of 53 million for offshore and N15.6 billion for onshore.
“We have one in Misau Local Government Area, Bauchi State, we have another one in Mashi Local Government in Kastina State; we have the third one in Benue State, which is Api and North Bank in Makurdi.
“Then we have the fourth one which at Ebonyi State; one by 60MVA transformer at a University in Ebonyi State.
“Then, we have the other one at Ebonyi Airport; then, the fifth one is a line of 30 kilometre at Rimin Zakara to Kayin in Kano.”
Re-Conducting Work
Aliyu said that the Council also approved the procurement of transmission line materials for reconductoring works for the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in favour of Messrs Legacy Power in the sum of $ 6 million onshore.
He said the onshore component for the project was N145 million, inclusive of all the taxes, and with 12 months timeline for completion.
Another approval given at the week’s cabinet meeting was the award of contract for the construction of a 15-kilometre turn-in, turn-out line of the existing Akure–Ado-Ekiti 132 single-circuit transmission line at Akure 330, 132, 33 sub-station transmission company of Nigeria in favour of Messrs Legacy Power Limited.
According to Aliyu, the contract sum is $2.5m for the offshore component, while the onshore component is N988.5 million.
“The sub-station in Akure, which has been completed over two years ago, is a 330 sub-station and we could not energize that sub-station for lack of line and the line is supposed to come from Benin which is a new line under construction.
“The line is coming from Benin North to Oshogbo, which will pass and energize the Akure sub-station.
“So, this project is 132 lines from the Akure sub-station going to Akure-Ado-Ekiti which is simultaneously going on with the Benin North-Akure line.
“By the time we are able to energize the Akure line, this project would have been completed so that the whole area will have no problem of electricity.”
He said the project would be completed in 12 months.
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