Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) will make upgrading the power transmission infrastructure in the country its priority, as it has attracted $1.66bn, Usman Gur Mohammed, the managing director, has said.
Usman said the efforts would raise bulk power wheeling capacity from the current 8,100 megawatts (MW) while addressing Nigeria’s teething power concerns.
Mohammed gave the information during an electricity awareness walk ahead of the 14th General Assembly of the West African Power Pool (WAPP) holding today in Abuja.
At the event hosted by the TCN and Mainstream Energy Solutions Limited (MESL), Mohammed, who is also the Chairman, Executive Board of WAPP said, “Despite all the problems that we think we have, this government has done a lot of good job for this country.”
He said transmission rose from 5,000 MW to 8,100MW in December 2018; distribution from 3,500MW in 2015 to 5,375MW in February 2019, and generation rose from 4,000 to 7,500MW
Mohammed who expressed strong determination that Nigeria’s power sector concerns could be overturned to achieve its prospects said the TCN is committed to playing its part efficiently to ensure a more successful Nigeria’s power sector.
“The Power sector’s challenges are surmountable, and we believe that healthy staff would deliver efficiency in power transmission operations.
“The power sector has been liberalised to attract huge investment, however, liquidity concerns, regulatory inconsistency still confronts us. But there is hope for the future and we can continuously work with Nigerians everyone playing its role to see the sector succeed,” Usman said.
