FG delivers equipment to boost power supply in Ekiti

The Federal Government has stepped up efforts at boosting electricity supply in Ekiti State with the delivery of equipment and accessories for two 132/33KV stations along with transmission lines to the state.

The equipment was received by the Ekiti State Commissioner for Infrastructure and Public Utilities, Prof. Bolaji Aluko, at the Omisanjana 132/33Kv station in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday, May 10, 2025.

Aluko, who received the equipment on behalf of the Transmission Corporation of Nigeria (TCN), said the substations will be installed in Ilupeju Ekiti and Ijesa Isu Ekiti to improve transmission of bulk power supply to the North and other senatorial districts of the state, with a switching station at Ikere.

While lauding the federal government and Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji for fast-tracking the two substations projects, the commissioner said the additional substations, which are aimed at revolutionising Ekiti State power sector, will serve as 240MVA total addition (four new transforners of 60MVA each) to the 140MVA-3-transforrners Omisanjana substation in Ado-Ekiti.

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He added that the project will be completed before the end of the year.

Aluko said: “This work takes a while; I’m sure it will still take about six months for full installation. You know, you do installation, poles installation, wiring, you do testing, and so on.

“We are hopeful that by the end of this year, it will be ready, we’ve been waiting for three years, and so, we can still wait till the end of the year.”

The Star