The Federal Executive Council which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved contracts for the construction of three sub-stations in Kano and Benue States.
FEC also approved contracts for the extension of transmission lines in Umuahia, Abia State and Mbano, Imo State.
The development was disclosed by the Minister of Power, Mamman Sale, after the 37th federal virtual cabinet meeting.
Sale in his statement noted that the council approved the construction of three sub-stations, two in Kano State and one in Benue State.
He disclosed that the cost for the extension of transmission lines in Abia and Imo States stands at $506,324.40 plus N34,034,000 local content.
“On the amount for the construction of three sub-stations in Zaki-Biam, Benue State and Bichi and Kanyi, Kano State – the one in Zaki-Biam are $8.6 million, while the local content is N2.08 billion.”
“The second one in Bichi in Kano is $9.6 million-plus N1.7 billion local content. The one in Kanyi, Kano State is $9.5 million-plus N1.7 billion,” he added.
The minister, while reacting to a question on what led to the award of the new projects, said: “There has not been any problem so far. But we just have to expand the national grid for a sustainable supply of electricity and also to improve capacity. That is all.”
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who also spoke on the development, said, “You see before now, there have been complaints that more power is being produced compared to what is being wheeled out.”
“So, what he’s been doing recently is to improve the capacity of the TCN to transmit more power. So, all these contracts you heard of is about improving the capacity of the TCN so that when this electricity is produced, it will get to our homes.”