25 Sep FG Begins Inauguration of Nigeria-Siemens Power Projects
Nigeria is to inaugurate the first set of power equipment procured under the Presidential Power Initiative (IPP), popularly known as Nigeria-Siemens power project.
Chief Executive Officer, Federal Government of Nigeria Power Company (FGNPC), Mr. Kenny Anuwe, said at the on-going Nigeria Energy Exhibition and Conference the inauguration would begin in the next two or three weeks
He said the first inauguration ceremonies would begin at a location in Lagos, while the second set of equipment would be unveiled in Abuja.
Anuwe said the latest milestone showed the determined effort of the government to improve the supply of electricity to Nigerians.
“We will be seeing commissioning of these projects in the next two to three weeks, and every month after that until the end of the programme,” Anuwe said.
He stated that the equipment, which included transformers and mobile substations, were procured under the IPP in partnership with Siemens Energy, the implementing partner.
Anuwe said the equipment were purpose-designed to meet Nigeria’s power supply needs in a phased programme that would see to the generation and distribution of 25,000 megawatts (mw) of electricity by 2025.
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