Niger, Togo, Benin and Burkina Faso are collaborating to buy the unutilised power produced in Nigeria, the Chairman of the Executive Board of the West African Power Pool, Sule Abdulaziz, said on Wednesday.
Abdulaziz, who is also the acting Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, said the four countries were collaborating to make the power purchase from Nigeria through the Northcore Power Transmission Line currently being built.
He disclosed this at the WAPP meeting on the Northcore project in Abuja.
He said, “The power we will be selling is the power that is not needed in Nigeria.
“The electricity generators that are going to supply power to this transmission line are going to generate that power specifically for this project. So, it is unutilised power.”
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Sule Abdulaziz, acting managing director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and chairman, executive board of the West African Power Pool (WAPP), made this known at a meeting on Wednesday in Abuja.
The countries, namely, Togo, Burkina Faso, Republic of Benin and Niger Republic are expected to make the power purchase through the $570 million North Core Power Transmission Line currently being built.
Under an international treaty, Nigeria already sells electricity to neighbouring countries like Benin Republic, Togo and Niger.
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Abdulaziz said the North Core project, funded by the World Bank, French Development Council and the African Development Bank (AfDB), has recorded progress and is expected to be completed in about two years.