NNPC to build 4,600 megawatts power generating plants in major step towards providing stable electricity for Nigerians
- The NNPC is set to build power generating plants with a combined capacity of 4,600 megawatts, in partnership with the private sector
- The NNPC GMD, Maikanti Baru, has also ordered its depots across the country to stop loading tankers with loading capacity above 40, 000 litres
- In a bid to de-congest highways, the NNPC would also encourage private investors to build tanker parking facilities around various depots
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is partnering with investors from the private sector, to build power generating plants with a combined capacity of 4,600 megawatts, Vanguard reports.
The development was made public on Wednesday, December 20, by Maikanti Baru, NNPC Group Managing Director, when he received a courtesy call from the governor of Niger state, Abubakar Sani Bello.
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NAIJ.com gathers that the plants would be built in Abuja, Kaduna and Kano states.
Baru also issued a directive to its depots across the country to stop loading tankers with loading capacity above 40, 000 litres.
Regarding this, Baru further disclosed that talks were ongoing with the Ministry of Works, Power and Housing to re-introduce weigh bridges on the highways to checkmate the issue of excessive loading by tankers above the recommended 46,000-ton gross weight.
He stated: “As part of the drive to establish power plants to augment the power supply in the country, the Federal Executive Council has recently approved the Ajaokuta-Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Gas Pipeline project, to be financed through Public Private Partnership (PPP).
“The project comes with other auxiliary ones which include 1350megawatts, 900megawatts and 2350megawatts of power generation plants in Abuja, Kaduna and Kano respectively.”
The NNPC would also encourage private investors to build tanker parking facilities around the Minna, Suleja, Tegina and Mokwa depots, amongst others, in efforts to de-congest the highways.
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In a related development, NAIJ.com previously reported that President Muhammadu Buhari assured Nigerians that his administration is working round the clock to stabilise the power situation in the country.
President Buhari gave the assurance at a joint press conference with the visiting president of Togo, Faure Gnassingbe at the presidential villa in Abuja.
He said that Nigeria had both the resources and the technical expertise to achieve the goal.
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Source: Naija.ng