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    Nigeria, AFD sign €25m deal to boost electricity in Northwest

    Michael RightBy Michael RightSeptember 15, 2022No Comments3 Mins Read
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    The Nigerian Government and the French Development Agency (AFD) have signed a grant agreement of €25 million for the Northern Corridor Project, to boost power supply in the country.

    The project is jointly funded by the European Union and the AFD.

    The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Mr. Clem Agba and the AFD Country Director in Nigeria, Xavier Muron, signed the agreement yesterday in Abuja, in the presence of the Ambassador of France to Nigeria, Emmanuelle Blatmann, and the Head of Cooperation at the European Union Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ms. Cecile Tassin-Pelzer.

    The Northern Corridor Project being implemented by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) is meant to strengthen a low-carbon economic growth in West Africa by improving the quality of the electricity network in Nigeria and supporting the development of a regional electricity market under the West African Power Pool (WAPP).

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    A statement yesterday by the Embassy of France in Nigeria, explained that the specific objectives of the project, in line with the Nigerian Energy Transition Plan (ETP) were to: reinforce globally the north-west network and develop access to electricity for the population; help evacuate/distribute the solar generated power from future projects in the North; participate in the WAPP interconnection project with Niger Republic.”

    According to the statement, the project would build more than 800km of 330 kV double circuit transmission lines and construct or upgrade 13 sub-stations.

    The statement further read that: “The grant agreement signed today represents the EU’s contribution to the project while the AFD contribution of €202 million was signed in December 2020. The total cost of the project is around 238 million Euros including a 12 million Euros contribution from TCN.”

    The expected impacts of the project include: 5GW additional evacuation capacity  to be created under the project; Potential Transmission of 17TWh additional electricity every year; Possibility of several millions of people to have access to electricity and a better electricity service on a short term; creation of 600 jobs (500 during the construction phase and 100 in the operation phase).

    In his remarks, Muron, highlighted the importance of the  project as a technical enabler for the integration into the grid of the expected solar farms in the north-west part of the country. He noted that poor transmission network had been a significant bottleneck in many countries

    Speaking at the agreement signing ceremony, Nigeria’s  Minister of State for Budget and National Planning said: “This project will help TCN to operationalise its “Transmission Expansion Plan”, through the construction of additional Transmission Lines and Substations across nine states in the northern part of the country – Niger, Kebbi, Sokoto, Kaduna, Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi and Nassarawa.”

    He noted that poor transmission network had been a significant bottleneck in many countries for the achievement of mix diversification.

    According to Ambassador of France to Nigeria, Blatmann: “France is committed to helping Nigeria achieve its commitments on climate change in line with the Paris agreement and she welcomes this Team Europe piece of work to address it”.

    Speaking on behalf of the European Union, Tassin-Pelzer said: “We appreciate this Team Europe collaboration with the Government of Nigeria, which is a concrete example of how the EU Global Gateway can contribute to major investments in infrastructure development.”

     

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