By Chris Ochayi
Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola has commissioned a 60MVAR capacitor bank at the Apo 132/33KV transmission substation in Abuja aimed to improve electricity supply to about 7,000 households.
Fashola, while commissioning the project said the administration is concerned beyond increasing the quantum of power to the quality of electricity being supplied.
He said, the voltage improvement project at Apo with another 25MVAR to be commissioned in Keffi, Nasarawa state by June 2018, is worth $12.4 million. It was initiated by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency, JICA, in 2016 to assist the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, improve power supply across Abuja, FCT, Nasarawa and Benue states.
According to him, “We are here because we promised incremental power and to make it better. Not only have we improved the quantity…
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