Citizens in Kano, Katsina and Jigawa State may soon wave goodbye to electricity challenges, as they may start enjoying 24-hours of electricity power supply soon.
You may be wondering how possible this is, as such feat has never been achieved before.
The possibility comes amid preparation by the Kano Electricity Distribution Company’s (KEDCO) new core investors.
They are willing to roll out an ambitious plan to build up to 200MW of incremental capacity. This would be done through 100 mini-grids and embedded generation.
This was detailed in a statement issued during a visit to a mini-grid site.
The site is located at the Zawaciki area of Kumbotso LGA in Kano State.
The board chairman of the company, Adamu Ibrahim Gumel, expressed that in the near future, interconnected mini grids will be established.
It will be established throughout the company’s network in Kano, Katsina, and Jigawa States.
Electricity Provision
According to him, the initiative aims to enhance electricity provision to its esteemed customers.
Also, it will give priority to supplying bulk grid electricity to industrial customers.
The KEDCO chairman also added: “We are equally looking at some of our key industrial clusters such as Tokarawa and Sharada for 24-hour supply through embedded generation.
“This is in line with our vision to enable re-industrialisation and economic empowerment of Kano and environs.
“We will do this through improving the reliability and quality of power supply”.
Prayers
The Zawaciki power plant, is the pioneer among many others.
It was established through the joint efforts of KEDCO’s Core Investor Consortium, the World Bank (via the Nigerian Electrification Project in collaboration with the Rural Electrification Agency), and the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet.
Citizens of Zawaciki community are very excited about the development.
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In fact, at a recent Friday Sermon, the Imam at Zawaciki Mosque (speaking in Hausa) mentioned it.
He said: “We should pray for the success of this development; I have never experienced this much constant and uninterrupted power supply”.
