The Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company and Eko
Electricity Distribution Company account for over 40 per
cent of power consumption in Nigeria, Vice-President
Namadi Sambo has said.
This, he said was understandable from the fact that Lagos,
which used to be the country’s political capital before Abuja,
remained Nigeria’s commercial and industrial hub with a
large concentration of industries in the state and the
adjoining Ogun State.
Sambo spoke at the unveiling of the Niger Delta Power
Holding Company Limited Oke-Aro 330/132kV
transmission substation under the National Integrated
Power Projects in Lagos on Friday.
Oke-Aro is situated in a border line between Lagos and
Ogun states, and the 330/132/33kV substation is said to
have distribution leg for the benefit of the two states.
The vice-president, who was represented by the Minister
of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, said the country was
witnessing another great feat of the current administration in
power infrastructure capacity expansion to boost economic
and industrial development of the country.
He said, “Prior to the advent of Oke-Aro substation,
there were only three 330/132/33kV substations in Lagos.
One of these three is Ikeja West 330/132/33kV substation
which was the major marshalling point for all power plants
that flow their generation into Lagos, and this development
had thrown the state into a state of great congestion with
limited space for safe expansion of capacity for increased
flows into Lagos and environs.
“All the 330kV power lines from the Benin and Oshogbo
330kV hubs of the national grid, which were also serving
as evacuation lines for NIPP new power plants at
Omotosho as well as Olorunsogo, terminated there. Even
330kV evacuation lines for older major power plants such
as Egbin in Lagos also terminated at Ikeja West.”
According to him, the need for appropriate relief substations
that could provide substantial decongestion for Ikeja West
in particular as well as the other two older 330kV
substations in Lagos located at Akangba and Aja
respectively cannot be overemphasised.
“Oke-Aro substation was therefore conceived with this
need in mind and eventually sited in this community which
lies in the border between Lagos and Ogun States to
interface between Egbin power plant and the Ikeja West
substation,” he explained.
Sambo said Oke-Aro 330/132/33kV substation is one of
NIPP’s several interventions within Lagos and Ogun
states.
In order to achieve the objective of Oke-Aro serving as a
relief to Ikeja West, he said two of the three 330kV
evacuation lines from Egbin Power plant to Ikeja West
were turned in and out of Oke-Aro to effect connection of
the substation to the grid.

what can i say






FG PLS INCREASE THE MEGAWAT



shiikena!!!

Then let's have our own independent power source una no gree.

What point is he trying to make? Is it one of their phantom achievement?

Samboribo has turned talkative since march 28