NDPHC set to commission Lafia substation

The Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited (NDPHC), on Sunday, said the 330/132/3kV, 2x150MVA and 2x60MVA transmission sub-station constructed in Lafia will be commissioned in the coming weeks.

It said this would be the first time that the state capital, Lafia and its environments would be connected to the national grid since its creation on October 1, 1996.

The Executive Director, Networks, Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited (NDPHC), Engr. Ifeoluwa Oyedele who at the weekend led a team from the company on a pre-commissioning inspection visit to Akurba, Lafia where the station is located, said when energized, residents of Lafia and its environs would experience both social and economic boom as electricity supply will get a big boost.

“The project will enhance uninterrupted power supply. Before now, even the Government House, Lafia could not run on electricity from the distribution network because the 33kV line that comes from Akwanga is grossly inadequate to power the state capital and its environs.

“Fortunately, Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) has already awarded the necessary distribution contracts that will ensure that as soon as the transmission substation is commissioned, the whole area would be lighted up,”he said.

While describing the construction as a ‘landmark project’ for the Buhari Administration, Oyedele said the project was being completed in record time.

“The project has tremendous local content built into it as most of the technicians and engineers who did the construction were Nigerians thereby increasing local capacity.

“Many factories including heavy industries are now springing up in Nassarawa State in anticipation of the commissioning of the transmission substation as they now rest assured of an adequate supply of electricity.

“What we have been watching on television and hearing about happening in other places is what we are now witnessing in our own community too”, an excited Ibrahim Mohammed, youth leader of Akurba community in Lafia, location of the project told reporters.

He disclosed that youths in the community have ensured that no harm came near any of the workers at the site and that no incidence of theft was recorded.

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