NIGER, Togo, Benin and Burkina Faso are to purchase Nigeria’s utilized power generated by select electricity companies.
According to the Chairman of the Executive Board of the West African Power Pool, Sule Abdulaziz, the electricity are not needed in Nigeria, and will be handed out through the Northcore Power Transmission Line.
The transmission line, which is 875km 330KV and cost $570 million, is currently being built, and its funded by international creditors: World Bank, French Development Council and the African Development Bank, with the countries also contributing to the capital.
Speaking at the West African Power Pool meeting on Wednesday, Abdulaziz 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 unutilised power.”
