The Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, has commissioned transformer projects across four transmission substations in Lagos State, adding significant capacity to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) network in the state.
The projects, commissioned on Monday, August 17, and Tuesday, August 18, 2026, comprise seven 132/33kV power transformers and one 330/132/33kV transformer.
The interventions include two 60MVA transformers at the Apapa Transmission Substation, two 100MVA transformers at Ijora, a 100MVA transformer at Alausa and two 60MVA transformers at the Lekki Transmission Substation, alongside a 300MVA transformer at Lekki.
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According to the Ministry, the projects have added 540MVA of transformer capacity at the 132kV level, with the ability to wheel about 432MW, while 300MVA of capacity has been added at the 330kV level, providing an additional capability to transmit about 240MW across the Lagos transmission network.
Speaking during the commissioning, Tegbe said the projects represented more than the installation of new equipment, describing them as targeted investments aimed at supporting economic growth.
“They represent targeted investments in capacity, capacity for businesses to grow, capacity for industries to produce, and capacity for communities to prosper,” he said.
Lekki Gets Major Transmission Boost
The Lekki and Alausa projects were commissioned on Tuesday.
At Lekki, the intervention comprises a 300MVA, 330/132/33kV transformer and two 60MVA, 132/33kV transformers.
The minister said the project had effectively doubled the capacity of the Lekki 330/132/33kV Transmission Substation, a critical facility serving one of Nigeria’s fastest-growing economic corridors.
Transformer capacity at the 330/132kV level has increased from 300MVA to 600MVA, equivalent to approximately 480MW, while capacity at the 132/33kV level has risen from 120MVA to 240MVA, equivalent to approximately 192MW.
“Today, we are commissioning capacity — capacity for businesses to grow; capacity for industries to produce; capacity for communities to prosper; and capacity for one of the fastest-growing economic corridors in our country to continue to expand without electricity infrastructure becoming a brake on its progress,” Tegbe said.
The project also delivered nine new 33kV feeders to improve bulk power delivery to the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) network.
Tegbe said the additional capacity would improve the reliability and availability of bulk electricity supplied to EKEDC for onward distribution to industries, businesses and households in Lekki and its environs.
He stressed that the new feeders were essential to ensuring that the additional transformation capacity was effectively evacuated.
“Lekki represents the Nigeria we are building towards, a more industrial, more commercially active, more connected to global markets and increasingly attractive to domestic and international capital. As investment flows into a corridor such as this, electricity infrastructure cannot be an afterthought,” he said.
Alausa Capacity Increased
At the Alausa Transmission Substation, the minister commissioned a new 100MVA, 132/33kV transformer.
The intervention increased the substation’s total transformation capacity from 135MVA to 205MVA, equivalent to approximately 164MW.
It also increased the quantum of bulk power available to the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) by 80MW for onward delivery to consumers within its franchise area.
Tegbe described the project as a deliberate effort to strengthen strategic locations across the country.
“Ikeja is where the ambition of Nigeria meets the industrious nature of Nigerians,” he said.
He said the Lekki and Alausa projects reflected the Federal Government’s strategy of directing electricity infrastructure towards areas where increased power supply could unlock production, investment, employment and economic value.
Apapa, Ijora Projects Commissioned
The commissioning exercise began on Monday with the commissioning of a 2x60MVA Gas Insulated Substation (GIS) at the Apapa Transmission Substation.
The project was delivered by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) under its Official Development Assistance programme.
The facility comprises two 60MVA, 132/33kV power transformers, new 132kV and 33kV GIS switchgear, a new control building, modern protection and control systems, Substation Automation Systems and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) infrastructure.
The project is expected to improve the operation and monitoring of the transmission facility while increasing bulk power availability in the Apapa axis by approximately 96MW.
Also commissioned on Monday was the upgrade of the Ijora Transmission Substation, where two existing 30MVA transformers were replaced with two modern 100MVA, 132/33kV transformers.
The upgrade increased the substation’s total installed capacity from 90MVA to 230MVA, equivalent to approximately 184MW, providing an additional 112MW of transmission capacity.
The minister said the intervention would improve power supply to Ijora, Costain, Oyingbo, Customs and adjoining communities, while supporting commercial activities and electricity consumers within the EKEDC franchise area.
Tegbe said the projects were part of a broader nationwide effort to address transmission constraints and strengthen electricity infrastructure in areas with significant economic activity.
“What we are witnessing in Lekki, Alausa and across the country is part of a broader effort to strengthen transmission infrastructure nationwide. Our transmission challenges did not emerge overnight, and they will not disappear through one intervention,” he said.
“Our approach is deliberate: Identify the bottleneck. Invest in it. Remove the constraint. Unlock the capacity. Where transmission infrastructure is constraining available power, we will strengthen transmission. Where substations require additional capacity, we will expand them. Where ageing equipment threatens reliability, we will progressively rehabilitate or replace it. And where growing industrial and commercial corridors require stronger electricity infrastructure, we will prioritise investments that can unlock economic activity.”
The minister said the projects were not the end of the Federal Government’s efforts to strengthen the transmission network.
“The Federal Government’s ambition is larger than the projects commissioned today. We are building towards a Nigeria where electricity is not merely a social service, but the foundation for industrial competitiveness and economic growth, and where investment decisions are driven by opportunity rather than infrastructure constraints,” he said.
