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Nigeria dey plan fresh investment to make national grid stand gidigba
Di Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, wey talk dis one over di weekend, say di Ministry don stop to dey do quick fixes and dey instead plan to completely overhaul di transmission network.
Nigeria dey plan fresh investment to make national grid stand gidigba
Light na major wahala for Nigeria

Nigeria dey plan fresh investment to make sure di national grid no dey collapse again or get voltage wahala.

Apart from dat, di government say di new investment go focus on making di main transmission lines stronger, add more backup options for di grid, and upgrade di control and monitoring systems so dat blackout no go dey happen plenty and e no go affect people too much.

Di Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, wey talk dis one over di weekend, say di Ministry don stop to dey do quick fixes and dey instead plan to completely overhaul di transmission network.

E talk say di grid must first dey stable before any oda promise wey dem make to Nigerians about light fit stand.

“We no fit dey talk about generating more power or reforming distribution if di grid itself dey weak. Dis administration dey committed to make sure di national grid dey strong and steady, not just as slogan, but as real work wey get timeline and wey person fit measure,” di Minister talk.

According to am, dem don form Technical Working Committee on Grid Stabilization wey go drive dis initiative.

Di committee go bring togeda engineering and regulatory experts to handle problems wey dey di transmission lines, old equipment, and di frequent collapses wey don spoil light for people for recent years.

E say di Committee go work closely with Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) to decide which areas for di network need urgent attention first.

Officials say di planned investment go focus on making di main transmission lines stronger, add more backup options for di grid, and upgrade di control and monitoring systems so dat blackout no go dey happen plenty and e no go affect people too much.

Dis announcement come as di Ministry dey try to make Nigerians trust di power sector again, afta years of light wahala and plenty doubt about past promises wey neva work.