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Fashola Inaugurates Mobile Transformer In Kaduna, Kastina

Fashola Inaugurates Mobile Transformer In Kaduna, Kastina
  • PublishedOctober 30, 2017

Two mobile power transformers in Kaduna and Katsina states has been commissioned by Minister of Power Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola,

Fashola, who was represented by the Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, Mustapha Baba Shehuri, explained that the installation and commissioning of the 40MVA Mobile

The transformer in Zaria, Kaduna Substation, and 60MVA Power Transformer in Funtua, Katsina Substation, was part of the effort by the present government to ameliorate the challenges encountered in generation and distribution of power across the country.

Speaking in Funtua, Katsina State, he said his ministry had empowered TCN to procure and install 60MVA power transformers in order to replace faulty ones in the system, adding that the ongoing upgrade and reinforcement of the generating stations would increase the capacity of substations to distribute energy throughout the country.

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