Saturday, 16 May 2015

Vice President Sambo Claims That 40% Of Power Produced Nationally Is Utilized In Lagos



According to the Vice President Namadi Sambo, the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company and Eko Electricity Distribution Company account for over 40 per cent of power consumption in Nigeria.
Sambo spoke at the unveiling of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited Oke-Aro 330/132kV transmission substation under the National Integrated Power Projects in Lagos on Friday.
This, he said was acceptable from the fact that Lagos, which used to be the country’s political capital before Abuja, remained Nigeria’s commercial and industrial hub with a large concentration of industries in the state and the adjoining Ogun State.
The vice-president, who was represented by the Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, said the country was witnessing another great feat of the current administration in power infrastructure capacity expansion to boost economic and industrial development of the country.
Sambo said Oke-Aro 330/132/33kV substation is one of NIPP’s several interventions within Lagos and Ogun states.

In order to achieve the objective of Oke-Aro serving as a relief to Ikeja West, he said two of the three 330kV evacuation lines from Egbin Power plant to Ikeja West were turned in and out of Oke-Aro to effect connection of the substation to the grid.


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