Apapa Port: TCN Takes Delivery of 15 Power Transformers from World Bank
MINISTER OF POWER Muazu Sambo
The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has taken delivery of 15 brand new power transformers from the World Bank.
The transformers which was promised the federal government came through Apapa port.
In a statement, the General Manager Public Affairs of the TCN, Ndidi Mbah, the transformers include 10 60MVA 132/33kV and five 150MVA 330/132kV-capacity facilities,
They were all delivered to TCN Central Store in Ojo, Lagos State, and expected to be distributed to various TCN project sites nationwide.
The statement from Mba quoted the Acting Managing Director, TCN, Sule Abdulaziz, saying that the acquisition fof the transformers was funded by the World Bank.
He said that the TCN will decide on where to send the transformers in terms of project sites.
The Ag MD said, “This is the first time in the history of TCN that it took delivery of large numbers of transformers within a short period.
“These are milestone achievements for TCN, as it strives to implement its short-term development plan under the Nigerian Electricity Grid Maintenance, Expansion and Rehabilitation Programme (NEGMERP).
“ The World Bank-sponsored NETAP project is only one of the TCN donor-funded projects aimed at expanding the transmission grid, while also prioritising maintenance of the existing transmission infrastructures”.
The transformers which was promised the federal government came through Apapa port.
In a statement, the General Manager Public Affairs of the TCN, Ndidi Mbah, the transformers include 10 60MVA 132/33kV and five 150MVA 330/132kV-capacity facilities,
They were all delivered to TCN Central Store in Ojo, Lagos State, and expected to be distributed to various TCN project sites nationwide.
The statement from Mba quoted the Acting Managing Director, TCN, Sule Abdulaziz, saying that the acquisition fof the transformers was funded by the World Bank.
He said that the TCN will decide on where to send the transformers in terms of project sites.
The Ag MD said, “This is the first time in the history of TCN that it took delivery of large numbers of transformers within a short period.
“These are milestone achievements for TCN, as it strives to implement its short-term development plan under the Nigerian Electricity Grid Maintenance, Expansion and Rehabilitation Programme (NEGMERP).
“ The World Bank-sponsored NETAP project is only one of the TCN donor-funded projects aimed at expanding the transmission grid, while also prioritising maintenance of the existing transmission infrastructures”.
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