Some power transformers ordered by the federal government under President Muhammadu Buhari’s Presidential Power Initiative (PPI) with Siemens, have passed factory acceptance test in Trento Italy.
In a statement on Saturday, the office of the Minister of Power, Engr. Abubakar D. Aliyu, said the first batch of the transformers are expected to arrive Nigeria in September 2022.
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The managing director of Federal Government of Nigeria Power Company (FGN-Power) Mr. Kenny Anuwe, who led a delegation which had engineers from Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) witnessed the factory acceptance test conducted on 28 July 2022 in Trento Italy.
The Minister of Power had led a delegation to Germany in April, where he paid visits to Siemens Energy factories in Berlin and Frankfurt, and held meetings with the senior leadership of Siemens Energy on the need to fast-track the delivery of the early orders that will kick start the transformation of Nigeria’s electricity.
Commenting on the latest feat on the PPI, Engr. Aliyu, said: “The successful factory acceptance test shows Nigeria’s engagement with Siemens Energy is on track. It also shows federal government’s commitment to addressing Nigeria’s electricity challenges.”
In December 2021, the Minister of Finance Zainab Ahmed and the Minister of Power Engr. Abubakar D. Aliyu secured the approval of the Federal Executive Council of €63 million (Euro) for the procurement of equipment to boost power supply under the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI) — whose first phase will provide 10 mobile power substations and 10 transformers.
In 2018, President Buhari initiated the PPI that will enable Siemens Energy to upgrade Nigeria’s electricity systems.
