The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has affirmed N6.2 billion for execution of different force projects the nation over. Minister of Power Sale Mamman uncovered this when he advised State House journalists on the result of the gathering managed by President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
As indicated by Mamman, contracts affirmed incorporate those for acquirement of transformers and crucial extra parts for upkeep of force transmission hardware. He said: “The Federal Executive Council today endorsed six reminders for the Ministry of Power. “The first is for grant of agreement for configuration, assembling and supply of basic extra parts for transformers, in the amount of N298, 339, 887.04. “The subsequent one is for grant of agreement for acquirement of 50 arrangements of 400 Ah battery banks, and 30 110-volt battery chargers for sub-station use by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, in the amount of N644, 805, 953.10. “The third agreement granted was for acquirement of another 50 arrangements of 132KV Isolators for the transmission organization, in the amount of $840, 650 or more N53, 900, 000.
“The fourth one is grant of agreement for configuration, assembling and supply of 360/66 132 force transformers and adornments just as 15 number of 500KV transformers for the Transmission Company of Nigeria, in the amount of N1, 296, 953, 044. 55. “The fifth one is for grant of agreement for configuration, supply and establishment of Optical Ground Wire and Universal Optical Transportation Network System for some basic transmission lines, in the amount of 6, 800, 743.51 dollars in addition to N668, 843, 634.74. He added that the gathering endorsed up audit of the agreement total for configuration, assembling, establishment and authorizing of 1×100 MVA 132/33KV force transformers at Ogba transmission sub-station, Lagos, at the expense of 648, 038.31 dollars in addition to N48, 342, 524.18. Mamman said the materials were for update of the country’s transmission framework to have adequate force supply to all pieces of the country.
