The Minister of Power, Engineer Abubakar Sule has revealed that the International Development Agency loan of $170million would soon start yielding positive results as most of the six transmission substations projects would be commissioned in November and December 2022.
After going on an inspection tour of the six Abuja ring projects with reporters, Sule said the projects would increase the wheeling capacity by 1,000MW.
His words: “So, this project is about six combining lines and substations. We started from Gwarimpa, where you saw a brand new substation.
“That substation when completed hopefully, around November, or December 2022 will bring relief to the areas.
“It is over 90 percent completed and the contractors are working round the clock to meet the completion date. And when it’s completed it will increase the capacity of the TCN by a certain megawatts capacity.
“So, in all, we have six of these projects, which will increase the wheeling capacity of the TCN by over 1000 megawatts. We saw it at Gwarimpa which is around the white area.”
He expressed satisfaction with the level of project implementation, noting that all the projects would have been due for commissioning in December this year except the New Apo, which will be commissioned in the first quarter of next year.
