Nigeria launches power project after 15-year outage
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on ThisDay
The Niger Delta Power Holding Company has launched an electricity distribution project in Rigasa, Kaduna State, Nigeria, aimed at ending a 15-year outage. The infrastructure includes medium-voltage lines and a 7.5 MVA injection substation, according to a company statement reported by ThisDay.
The Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), a Nigerian state-owned electricity company, has launched a project to restore electricity in Rigasa, in the Igabi local government area of Kaduna State, after a 15-year outage. The project includes a 2-kilometre 11 kV line, a 1.5-kilometre 33 kV line and a 7.5 MVA injection substation, according to a statement by Nazo Agim, the NDPHC’s director-general of communications and external relations.
The launch ceremony was chaired last weekend by Hadiza Balarabe, deputy governor of Kaduna, who represented Governor Uba Sani. The project was facilitated by the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Ideological Group, a support movement for the Nigerian president, the NDPHC said.
Jennifer Adighije, the NDPHC’s director-general, reaffirmed the company’s commitment to improving supply for underserved communities. She said its interventions also covered electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure, complementing its mandate in generation. Governor Uba Sani described the project as an initiative intended to address the persistent difficulties faced by Rigasa residents and businesses.
Rigasa traditional leader Mohammed Aminu Idris and the managing director of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company, Umar Abubakar Hashidu, welcomed the project. The intervention comes as Geometric Power improves electricity supply in Aba and a Nigerian candidate recently denounced the power outage in Benue.
