Nigeria: NDPHC has invested $311mln in transmission infrastructure — MD.
Engineer Adighije described the facility as world-class, stating that it has significantly improved the quality of power supply to Nasarawa State and surrounding states.The Managing Director/CEO of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) Ltd, Engineer Jennifer Adighije, said the Company has invested ₦500 billion in transmission infrastructure and networks across the country.
The NDPHC head stated this on Thursday when she led the Company’s management team on an inspection tour of the 330/132/33kV Lafia Transmission Substation, which was constructed by NDPHC and commissioned in 2022.
Speaking after the inspection, Engineer Adighije described the facility as world-class, stating that it has significantly improved the quality of power supply to Nasarawa State and surrounding states.
She said: “We are at the Lafia transmission substation, which is a project that was delivered by NDPHC and handed over to the Transmission Company of Nigeria. It’s a 330/132/33KV transmission substation, comprising two numbers 150 MVA transformers, two numbers 60 MVA transformers, and one by 75 MVA reactor. “And as you can see, this is a project that was delivered to world-class standards. By every standard, this is one of the best that one can ever find internationally, in line with global best practices and standards. And as the mandates of the NDPHC were very clear in terms of our delivery of projects, because we are an entity essentially that provides backbone services for the sector, ensuring that we deliver projects that would impact the entire gas to electricity value chain.
“NDPHC has invested over ₦500 billion in transmission projects, transmission lines, transmission infrastructure, line-bay extensions, transformers, substations, you name it, across the entire power sector. And in spite of the liquidity crisis that we are facing, we are here to reaffirm our commitment to Mr President’s Renewed Hope Agenda, which aims to scale power generation, transmission and distributed access to electricity.”
Source: Zawya
