Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has inaugurated a 20-man high powered committee for the implementation of Right of Way of the two newly completed transmission lines in the state.
The committee was inaugurated following completion of the lines in Dan Agundi and Rimin Zakara.
Kano State is Northern Nigeria’s commercial capital and requires more mega watts of electric power supply for economic growth.
The state government had embarked on the construction of an independent power plant at Tiga and Challawa dams.
The project is now completed and due for inauguration.
At the Ante-Chamber of the Kano Government House, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje Inaugurates a high powered 20 man committee to implement Right of Way and power evacuation from the transmission lines of Dan Agundi and Rimin Zakara.
A few days before the inauguration of the committee, the Minister of Power, had in company of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, inspected the Rimin Zakara Transmission Station.
Kano’s Head of Civil Service, Usman Bala, is the Chairman of the new committee while others including the state commissioner of information will serve as members.
Part of the responsibilities of the inaugurated committee is to enlighten the public on the importance of the project to the economic development of the state.
They are expected to submit their report within four weeks.
The issue of Transmission of Electricity from Generating Companies has been a vexed one that has created a schism between the 3 legs within the Power Sector Value chain with the Transmission Company of Nigeria and the various Distribution Companies and Generating Companies.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria has always maintained that it has the capacity to Transmit the current Generating capacity of the Generating companies or GENCOS to all parts of Nigeria and the Federal Government has also since the advent of the Muhammadu Buhari administration workd round the clock to increase its capacity.
This inauguration is part of efforts to ensure that projects aimed at ensuring the success of this moves comes to fruition.
