Kwara reconnects 12 border communities to national grid
The Kwara Government has began the reconnection of more than 12 border communities to the national grid.
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Nigeria, Kwara: The Kwara Government has began the reconnection of more than 12 border communities to the national grid, five years after vandals carted away cables providing electricity to the area.
Alhaji Aliyu Kora-Sabi, the state Commissioner for Energy, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the work involved the rehabilitation of electric poles and power lines.
Kora-Sabi said that the project, which began on 4 May, would cost the state government $740 000 (N11 M).
The commissioner also announced plan to build an injection power substation at Ilesha-Baruba for steady and interrupted power supply to the area. “We are working on injection substation in Ilesha-Baruba and the governor has contacted the Director General of the Transmission Company of Nigeria over the matter.
On cable vandalism, he said arrangement had been made with communities along the trunk to put in place security committee that would safeguard the power lines.
Source: Daily Trust