The federal government has said that it plans to construct a super grid as one of the ways to address the recurring collapses of the country’s power grid.
The media aide to the Minister of Power, Bolaji Tunji, said in a statement that the minister Adebayo Adelabu, made this known in China where he attended the China-Africa Cooperation Summit.
He quoted Adelabu to have decried the state of the national grid, saying its present state cannot support the vision for the power sector.
“If we look at the strength, the capacity and the age of our existing network on the national grid, it cannot really support our vision for the power sector hence the need for the construction of the Western and Eastern super grid.
“Though we have been on this since my resumption, I can also tell you that the President is in full support of this because this will improve our transmission network, stabilise the grid and also expand the capacity and the flexibility of the national grid,” the statement read.
Adelabu said 90 per cent of the approval required is in place and would be concluded soon.
