Niger Republic, Togo, Benin Republic and Burkina Faso are collaborating to buy Nigeria’s idle electricity.
The Chairman of the Executive Board of the West African Power Pool, Sule Abdulaziz, who is also the acting Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), said this on Wednesday.
Abdulaziz said the four countries were collaborating to buy the unutilized power produced in Nigeria through the Northcore Power Transmission Line currently being built.
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 unutilized power.”
Abdulaziz also revealed that Nigeria was waiting for new generators to take part in the energy export for the 875km 330KV North core transmission line from Nigeria through Niger, Togo, Benin to Burkina Faso.
“In addition, there are some communities that are under the line route, about 611 of them, which will be getting power so that there won’t be just a transmission line passing without impact.
“Nigeria has the greatest advantage among these countries because the electricity is going to be exported from Nigerian Gencos (generation companies).
“So, from that, the revenue is going to be enhanced and a lot of people will be employed in Nigeria.”
