Nigeria, AFDB Signs Agreement To Improve Electricity Access
A grant agreement was signed between the Nigerian government and the French Development Agency (AFD) to strengthen the power grid across Nigeria’s Northwest zone, NairaMetrics reports.
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Budget and Planning, Prince Clement Agba, and the AFD Country Director, Xavier Muron, signed the agreement, with French Ambassador to Nigeria; Emmanuelle Blatmann and the Head of Cooperation at the European Union Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Cecile Tassin-Pelzer, as witnesses.
A statement released by the French embassy states that the funding will help provide more than 800km of 330 kV double circuit transmission lines and construct or upgrade 13 substations in Nigeria’s Northwestern states.
“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 including a €12 million euros contribution from the Transmission Company of Nigeria.”
The North-centric project is jointly funded by the European Union and the AFD.
Northwestern states; Kaduna, Nasarawa, Kebbi, Sokoto, Niger, Kano, Jigawa, and Bauchi are to be the beneficiaries of this electricity project.
The AFD and the EU are supporting the Northern Corridor Power Project which was conceived by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).
The Northern Corridor Transmission project will strengthen transmission capacity in the North Western part of Nigeria and also create the enabling environment for power evacuation to West African Power Pool (WAPP) with Niger Republic.
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