The Federal Government has approved
the execution of several power projects aimed at achieving more improvement in
electricity distribution in the country.
The Minster of Power, Works and
Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, said this in a statement issued on Friday in
Abuja by Mr. Hakeem Bello, his Special Adviser on Communications.
Fashola disclosed that principal
among the approvals granted by the Federal Executive Council meetings to memos
presented by him, was that for Aso Villa to benefit from the Eligible Customer
Policy.
He said the council also approved
a distribution expansion programme to take-off part of the stranded 2,000 MW to
provide dedicated power to the Villa.
“The ministry had earlier
obtained approval from the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), following its
letter to the Bureau, intimating it of the council’s approval of the
distribution expansion programme,” he said.
Fashola said the intention of the
ministry was to procure civil works that would facilitate uninterrupted power
supply to the Aso Rock Villa.
“The project is to be executed by
Messrs Dextron Engineering Ltd, has a completion period of six months under the
distribution expansion programme.
“An arrangement has also been put
in place such that a GenCo, North-South Power Company Limited will procure the
dedicated supply to the Villa from the National Grid,’’ he said.
NAN reports that Fashola said
that Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) had indicated interest to
ensure the success of the project.
The minister said the Afam 240 MW
power plant in Rivers state, construction of a dedicated solar power system for
the federal ministry of power, works and housing headquarters in Mabushi, were
also approved.
Other project approved, according
to Fashola, is the concession of five hydro dams to facilitate electricity
supply to rural and agrarian communities across the country.
“The approval of final payment
for completion of Afam 240 MW power plant is sequel to a memorandum by the
ministry seeking council’s approval for award of contract for additional works
at the 132KV switchyard.
“The switchyard was for the
evacuation of power from the 240 MW Afam Three fast power projects,’’ he said.
Fashola said approval for the
concessioning of five hydro dams to facilitate electricity supply to rural and
agrarian communities in the country was a sequel to the recommendation of the
ministry and its water resources counterpart.
“The ministries had recommended
that six hydropower resources be a concession to private sector investors to
increase the nation’s power supply by 16.49MW, to cater for the power needs of
their immediate and essentially rural communities.
“However, the five small and
medium hydropower plants approved to be concessioned, include the 6-MW Ikere
Gorge Dam in Ekiti state, to be concessioned to Messrs Power Control and
Appliances Limited.
“2MW Omi-Kampe Dam in Kogi, to be
concessioned to Messrs Quaint Power and Infrastructure Nigeria Limited, the 300
KW Zobe Dam and 4 MW Jibiya Dam in Katsina state to be concessioned to Messrs
Pan-African Global Infrastructure.
“The 3-MW Bakolori Dam in Zamfara
state to be concessioned also to Messrs Pan-African Global Infrastructure,” he
said.
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