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Chad Begs Nigeria For Electricity Supply

 

The government of Chad Republic has formally requested the Nigerian
government to connect the country to the Nigerian electricity grid.


The
request was presented by the Chadian Ambassador to Nigeria, Abakar
Saleh Chachaimi during a working visit to the Minister of Power, Engr.
Sale Mamman in Abuja.

While describing the need as pressing, the
Ambassador stressed the historical and economic value of connecting Chad
to Nigeria’s electricity as a means of continued collaboration between
the countries.

Reacting to the request, Engr. Mamman welcomed
the development, stressing that it will help in enhancing the long
existing relations between the two countries.

The minister said
the request from Chad Republic came at the best time as he reassured the
Chadian envoy that Nigeria will evaluate it within the various projects
under the Transmission Rehabilitation and Expansion Programme (TREP)
for possible integration of the request.

“I, therefore, direct
the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) whose representatives are part
of this meeting, to come up with a business case and implementation
modalities. Based on that, we will write to the Presidency to secure all
the necessary approvals,” Engr. Mamman said.

The minister also
approved the request to host his counterpart from the Republic of Chad
for a technical analysis of the request. He further informed the Chadian
delegation that currently, Nigeria has bilateral contracts for
supplying electricity to Niger Republic and Benin Republic which have
been ongoing for decades.

Engr. Mamman also noted that under the
framework of the West African Power Pool (WAPP) whose objectives include
promotion of power exchange among the ECOWAS member states, the
Republics of Benin, Burkina-Faso, Niger and Nigeria, are building an 875
kilometre distance of 330 kilovolt power transmission line, the “North
Core Transmission line”.

The line will interconnect the four
countries for improved power supply from Nigeria. He said, “this project
got the concurrent acceptance of the World Bank (WB), African
Development Bank (AfDB) and French Development Agency (AFD) to finance
different segments of the proposed transmission line. “As at September
2019, all the financing became effective and the implementation
structure for the project has earlier been established with Project
Implementation Unit (PIU) located in Abuja.”

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