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Views: Visits 4 Sale MammanBy Obas Esiedesa, AbujaThe Minister of Power, Engr. Sale Mamman has explained that Nigeria’s involvement in the North Core 330KV transmission project would boost trade among countries covered by the project tackling the energy deficit in countries. The $570 million project which takes power from Nigeria, through Benin to Niger, Togo to Burkina Faso is about 875km in length. Engr. Mamman who spoke in Abuja at the opening of the first session of the joint ministerial steering committee noted that currently, “the limited access to electricity as well as the endemic electricity shortages constitutes a bottleneck to the socioeconomic development of ECOWAS Member States. ....
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Advertisement 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. Advertisement 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. ....