Bichi substation with 30 MVA transformer approved
The federal government, through the Ministry of Power, has recently authorised the installation of a 30 MVA, 132/133 KV Mobitra transformer at Bichi.
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Nigeria, Bichi: The federal government, through the Ministry of Power, has recently authorised the installation of a 30 MVA, 132/133 KV Mobitra transformer at Bichi.
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state said the installation of Bichi power substation by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) would trigger post COVID- 19 economic recovery.
Ganduje said, “The project will facilitate steady power supply to seven local government areas in the vicinity of Bichi local government area, thus reviving economic activities in the area back to life.”
The civil works for installation of the transformer have already commenced and when completed, the transformer will be installed under the 132 kV Kano / Kankia / Katsina Line 1 at Bichi town.
Describing the project as a big development, the governor promised to mobilise a grand ceremony to launch it, assuring that his administration would also protect it from vandalism, in view of its importance.
“As soon as the civil works are completed, it will take us not more than three months to finish the installation work. This will provide electricity to the people of at least seven local government areas,” stated Sule AbdulAziz, the managing director, Transmission Company of Nigeria.
AbdulAziz added he was in Kano to monitor on-going work at the project site and said he was convinced that the state government was fully committed to the successful implementation of the project.
Source: Blueprint