The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has disclosed that the Abuja feeding scheme project which consists of one new 330kV line, two 330/132kV, and three 132kV transmission substations will be ready for commissioning by the end of the third quarter of 2022.
A statement issued by the TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Ms. Ndidi Mbah, said the execution of donor sponsored projects across the country had progressed extensively.
She also noted that the World Bank sponsored Nigeria Electricity Transmission Project (NETAP) had made remarkable progress as all procurement processes had been concluded with most packages at the project implementation stage.
“In particular, it will complement efforts underway for both emergency and long term measures now being taken to increase generation. Worthy of note is the recent delivery of 5 no 150MVA 330/132kV and 10 no 60MVA, 132/33kV Transformers at the same time to TCN central stores at Ojo, Lagos (some have been moved to substation sites across the country for installation), a very significant achievement in the history of the power sector in Nigeria.
“The Abuja feeding scheme Project which consists of one new 330kV line, two 330/132kV, and three 132kV transmission substations has progressed extensively and will be ready for commissioning by the end of the third quarter of 2022,” she said.
She also announced the confirmation of Sule Ahmed Abdulaziz as the substantive Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of TCN by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Until his confirmation, Abdulaziz was the acting managing director of TCN from 19th May 2020 to 4th April, 2022, responsible for the overall supervision of the affairs of TCN, including transmission network operations and maintenance, system operations, market administration, human resources management among others.
