Again, FG Bolster Power In Lagos, Commissions Upgraded Lekki, Alausa Substations
By Sunday Etuka
The Federal Government has again commissioned two newly upgraded transmission substations in Lagos, boosting the state’s bulk power supply by additional 272 megawatts, as part of going efforts by the current administration to strengthen the nation’s transmission network.
At Alausa, an existing 30MVA transformer was replaced with a new 100MVA unit, lifting the station’s total capacity from 135MVA to 205MVA and increasing bulk power available to Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) by 80MW.
While at Lekki, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) installed an additional 2x60MVA, 132/33kV power transformers, alongside nine new 33kV feeders, doubling the substation’s 132/33kV capacity from 120MVA to 240MVA, an increase of approximately 192MW.
Speaking at both events, Tegbe said the projects reflected the administration’s deliberate approach to fixing the sector’s structural bottlenecks: “Identify the bottleneck. Invest in it. Remove the constraint. Unlock the capacity.”
Tegbe, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Adeola Labzy, linked the upgrades to President Bola Tinubu’s determination to “confront the infrastructure constraints that have limited Nigeria’s economic potential,” noting that ageing equipment and stranded capacity would continue to be addressed nationwide.
The Lekki project, executed by Shanghai Electric Group Company Limited with World Bank support, also includes an additional 1x300MVA, 330/132kV transformer expected to be energised in November 2026.
In his remarks, TCN Managing Director/CEO, Sule Ahmed Abdulaziz, said the project in Alausa executed by Shanghai Electric Limited under a World Bank-funded initiative would, upon energisation, provide more stable and reliable electricity to at least 70,000 residents through IKEDC.
He said the upgrade would strengthen grid stability while enabling more bulk power to reach distribution companies for onward supply within their franchise areas, describing it as proof that “TCN remains resolute in its mandate of building and sustaining a robust transmission network, capable of transporting Nigeria’s growing power needs to various distribution load centres nationwide.”
Tegbe commended TCN, the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO), EKEDC and IKEDC, as well as Shanghai Electric Group and the World Bank, for their roles in delivering both projects, and congratulated Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for sustaining an enabling environment for infrastructure investment in the state.
