The Federal Government would fast track the completion of the 15-year-old Katsina Windmill and Power Substation projects.
Minister for Power, Engineer Abubakar D. Aliyu, disclosed this during an inspection visit on Saturday.
When completed, the projects will generate 10 megawatts of electricity.
Engr Aliyu said his visit followed requests made on the project by the Katsina State Government and the Katsina Elders Forum when they visited him in Abuja.
The minister promised to meet the contractors and the consultants supervising the projects to address their concerns which included the provision of outstanding infrastructures such as power generators.
He equally disclosed that his visit with a team of ministry engineers was also to scout for natural wind fuel for the infrastructure to confirm their sufficiency to meet electricity supply requirements.
He said: “Nigeria remains a construction site since the coming to power of President Muhammad Buhari in 2015. The projection is that the country’s power stock should range between 11,000 t0 25,000 megawatts in the coming years.’’
“I can comfortably say that it is coming of President Buhari to power in 2015 that Nigeria started engaging in true infrastructural development,” he said.
On the Katsina Sub Power Station, the minister disclosed that the projected construction capacity requires 330 KV lines drawn from Kano which is already at about 50% constructed.
