The Federal Government through the Minister of State for Power, Mrs.
Zainab Kuchi has promised that it would achieve 10,000 Megawatts of
electricity generation by December 2013.
Kuchi while presenting a
report before the Presidential Action Committee on Power in Abuja said
the government was going to hit 10,000 Megawatts by December, adding
that presently power generation stood at 6,442MW but by the end of this
year, things would turn around in the power sector.
It could be
recalled that former president Olusegun Obasanjo promised to hit the
10,000MW capacity target, but today the present administration has
lifted it up to 6,442MW, the generated capacity was much less when the
present administration came into power.
Factors like inadequate
gas, evacuation capacity, and breakdown in facilities are among the
impediments of power generation capacity in the country.
The
Minister said, the government was prepared to diversify its energy
sources to reach the rural dwellers in order to stimulate development,
job creation, and investment in the sector this year.
“The ministry will also focus on developing new policy initiatives to address post privatisation challenges,” she said.
Adding,
Kuchi said the federal government has brought on board transaction
advisers to mediate for the development of small and medium hydro power
projects, which he said a hydro power plant would be ready this year;
worth 40MW.
She disclosed that a wind farm with a generation capacity of 10MW, located in Katsina was ready and will be commissioned soon.
In
addition, now that the transmission companies are ready, all
arrangements have been completed to source money from the African
Development Bank (ADB) to finance transmission in the country, she said.
She
said power transmission in the country has already achieved the
completion of 21km of 132KV of transmission line, 330KV transmission
line, and 600MVA 330/132/33KV substation capacity.
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