New World Bank intervention through the Water Resources Development and Sustainable Ecosystems Management Programme (WRDSEMP) in Kainji hydro power plant has raise the output capacity of the plant by 340 megawatts.
Project Manager at Project Management Unit (PMU) of the Transmission Company (TCN), Mr. Abubakar Gwadabe said efforts of the World Bank retrofitted two generating units in Kainji, and rehabilitated an additional unit of the plant to recover 340MW of its generation capacity.
Explaining more at a stakeholders workshop organised by the PMU he said “The PMU successfully carried out the retrofitting of two generating units and rehabilitation of one generating unit at Kainji Power Plant (with total grid impact of 340MW) and also the rehabilitation of the Jebba spillway discharge channel at Jebba dam.”
“Under the same project, we conducted a study on the prevalence of water-borne diseases around the Kainji and Jebba dam areas. The PMU also carried out capacity building and training for sector institutions and regulatory agencies such as ministry of environment, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET).”
According to him, “Under the NTDP and NEDP, we successfully implemented power projects ranging from transmission substation rehabilitation and reinforcement, transmission line rehabilitation, supply and installation of distribution equipment, conversion of low voltage to high voltage distribution systems (Mambolo – Zone 2 Abuja, Ogba – Lagos), establishment of pilot billing systems for selected business units, massive rehabilitation of distribution networks in selected locations like Abuja, Lagos and Ibadan, supply and installation of prepaid meters in Abuja (Karu and Kubwa).”
Gwadabe recalled that “In 2010 the federal government flagged off another power project aimed at improving transmission infrastructure around the country and providing Partial Risk Guarantee (PRG) for the supply of gas to selected government-owned power plants by International Oil Companies (IOCs). This project is NEGIP, we are gathered here today to deliberate on how to sustainably implement NEGIP in a peaceful atmosphere”.
