Babatunde Fashola recently inaugurated one 15 MVA transformer, 20 operational transformers and 20 vehicles at Eko Electricity Distribution Company (Eko Disco) worth billions of Naira.
The minister also expressed total satisfaction on the performance of the management team of Eko Disco
“l was not surprised when the owners of Eko Disco decided to keep him (Amoda).
“He is not only a prolific scholar, who reads and writes well, he is also technically savvy as you can see in his unscripted remarks.
“I want to thank Engineer Amoda for his warm remarks. I knew him way back when I was the governor here in Lagos. He was very responsive to our needs as a state then.
“And I also warmly welcome the spirit with which he has reminded us that we have work to do on transmission side,’’ he said.
“In addition to what the Honourable Minister will be commissioning today which include one 15MVA transformer that can transmit 12 MW of power, we have added 60MVA in Ajah, 15MVA in Oke-Ira, Lekki and Alagbon.
“Others to be added are 15MVA at Fowler, Bourdillon, Anifowoshe and Akungba,’’ he said.
“By the time we complete all our ongoing projects at Adelabu, Stadium, Tejuosho, Surulere, Coker, Ijora and its environs, the network will be able to receive increased power from the transmission company and distribute accordingly to our numerous customers,’’ he said.
“We are waiting for tariff adjustment by NERC accordingly and this will attract more investors and promote willing buyers and willing sellers’ principles,’’ he added.
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