- Commission to hand over facility to TCN ahead inauguration
Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has announced the completion and imminent inauguration of the 132/33kv electricity sub-station at Ode-Erinje in Okitipupa Local Government of Ondo State.
It described the feat as significant, saying it heralded the planned handover of the sub-station to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) for operational management.
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The board in a statement signed yesterday by the NDDC Director, Corporate Affairs, Pius Ughakpoteni, said the milestone followed the performance bond recently signed by the commission with the Ministry of Niger Delta Development.
The statement said: “When operational, the electricity sub-station will illuminate over 2,000 communities across five local governments within the oil-producing area of Ondo State, significantly impacting lives by ending decades of darkness.
“The scope of the power project covers the evacuation of light from Omotosho with a step down at Ode-Erinje, Okitipupa, through a 132KV double circuit transmission line with two 30/40MVA transformers. The transmission lines running through Ode-Erinje, Okitipupa, pass through 145 electricity towers”.
The commission said because of the delay over the years, the distribution lines, low-tension distribution network and relief transformers had been vandalised and needed rehabilitation.