Nigerian Govt FG To Build Super Grid To End Incessant Power Collapse

The Nigerian government is planning to build what it has called ‘a super grid’, in a bid to end the incessant national grid collapse.

This was revealed by the media aide to the Minister of Power, Bolaji Tunji, in a statement on Tuesday.

According to Tunji, the power minister, Adebayo Adelabu, spoke in China where he attended the China-Africa Cooperation Summit.

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Adelabu had condemned the national grid, saying its present state cannot support the vision for the power sector.

“If we look at the strength, the capacity and the age of our existing network on the national grid, it cannot really support our vision for the power sector hence the need for the construction of the Western and Eastern super grid.

“Though we have been on this since my resumption, I can also tell you that the President is in full support of this because this will improve our transmission network, stabilise the grid and also expand the capacity and the flexibility of the national grid,” he stated.

Adelabu said 90 per cent of the approval required is in place and would be concluded soon.