The Federal Government says that plans are underway to add an additional 817MWs of electricity to the national grid in Nigeria. This is an effort to increase the amount of electricity available in the FCT and its surroundings.

The Managing Director of Nigeria’s Transmission Company, TCN, Mr. Sule Abdulaziz, made this statement on Wednesday in Abuja. He was visiting ongoing projects in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Abdulaziz said that the French Development Agency (AFD), a donor organization, was providing funding for the project. When finished, he claimed, it would add 1.465 more transmission lines to the grid, improving the FCT’s access to electricity.

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Remarks on the project to add 817MWs of electricity to the national grid in Nigeria

He said, “In the future, we will be able to construct some sub-stations without having to upgrade the lines. Because with the additional lines, TCN capacity of transmission lines will be higher than what is already in place.”

He claims that the project to add 817MWs of electricity to the national grid will increase Abuja’s electrical infrastructure. It will provide five transmission substations, 143km of 330 kV transmission lines, and 81km of 132 kV lines.

He said, “This is a step in the process of boosting the area around the FCT’s transmission wheeling capacity. The project, however, is divided into six lots and is well underway, with an 85% completion rate by December.”

According to the managing director, the project was created by the current administration to assure that the FCT wouldn’t require any further substations for the next 50 years.

He said, “The people of Abuja would be served by this, which is sufficient. When drafting preparations for the project, the government kept in mind that if the population of the FCT increased within the next five to ten years, there is a master plan that the station will serve the area in the next 50 years. Furthermore, the construction of a brand-new, 2x60MVA, 132/33 KV substation with 132KV line bays at Wumba/Lokogoma is underway. It includes approximately 5km of 132 subterranean XLPE cable from New Apo Sub Station.”