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KEDCO Set to Commission ₦1.1bn Dawanau Network Expansion Project to Light Up Africa’s Largest Grain Hub

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"bnV5snZD" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Kano Electricity Distribution Company &lpar;KEDCO&rpar; has successfully tested and is set to commission the newly constructed thirty-five km&comma; 33 kV overhead power line from Bichi Transmission Station to Dawanau International Grain Market&comma; comprising two substations&comma; 500 KVA 33&sol;&period;415 transformers&comma; and low-tension &lpar;LT&rpar; lines to serve Africa’s largest grain hub to foster economic growth in the state and the country at large&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"iCmztJRS" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The N1&period;1 billion project is part of the focused investment being driven by the new core investor in Kano DisCo&comma; Future Energies Africa &lpar;FEA&rpar;&comma; as it works with the Bureau of Public Enterprises &lpar;BPE&rpar; and the State Governments in Kano&comma; Katsina&comma; and Jigawa to improve the Electricity Distribution Company rapidly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Ag&period; Managing Director&sol;CEO Dr&period; Abubakar Shuaibu Jimeta disclosed this during an inspection tour to the Dawanau area in Kano recently&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We recognize the critical role of the Dawanau Market&comma; especially in agricultural export&comma; food security&comma; and the region&&num;8217&semi;s socio-economic development&period; Previously limping on 4 hours of daily power&comma; we will now be supplying 20&plus; hours&comma; thereby increasing its electricity capacity by 10MW&comma; attracting 400&plus; medium and large-scale agro-processing plants and reducing their operating cost by 80&percnt; for sustainable growth&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"mjFDN6ui" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Dr&period; Jimeta also noted that this crucial project dovetails with the Kano State Government’s broader market standardization program&comma; through the State Government’s recent partnership with the Islamic Development Bank &lpar;IDB&rpar;&comma; and Lives and Livelihood Fund &lpar;LLF&rpar; that is investing ₦628 Million in infrastructure upgrades&comma; improved waste management&comma; better security and facilities&comma; and now&comma; we are providing reliable&comma; stable electricity to complement those efforts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A Director on the Board of KEDCO&comma; Alh&period; Habib Ahmed Daura&comma; speaking about the project&comma; thanked His Excellency&comma; Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf&comma; for his constant emphasis on the need to bring the Dawanau Market up to benchmark standards for modern commercial hubs&period; Alh&period; Ahmed Daura stated that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are receiving great support from His Excellency Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s team&comma; Dr&period; Gaddafi Sani Shehu&comma; the Commissioner for Power and Renewable Energy&comma; and Engr&period; Sani Bala&comma; Managing Director of Kano State Rural Electricity Board&comma; who are constantly engaging to ensure improved electricity supply outcomes for the citizens in Kano&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>KEDCO’s Chairman&comma; Engr&period; Adamu Ibrahim Gumel&comma; in his comments&comma; stated that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the investment addresses significant constraints on the industrial cluster’s growth potential as the largest international grain hub in sub-Saharan Africa and will also drastically boost KEDCO’s energy off-take&comma; leading to equivalent growth in revenue for the company&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;With the project completed&comma; tested&comma; and set for commissioning&comma; the market is poised to experience a sharp uptick in power quality and availability&period; Customers in the Dawanau industrial cluster should expect steadier power flows&comma; fewer outages&comma; and increased capacity for industrial-sized power users&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Under the guidance of our core investor&comma; Future Energies Africa &lpar;FEA&rpar;&comma; network expansion and power generation are some of the company&&num;8217&semi;s major plans to improve power supply in an accelerated fashion&comma; especially in industrial and commercial clusters&comma; for economic and financial growth of the region&comma;” he added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement signed by Sani Bala Sani Head &comma;corporate communications said as a key trade hub in the Sahel&comma; Dawanau underpins regional food security and cross-border commerce&period; This project expands KEDCO’s customer base and energy sales&comma; reinforcing its financial health and capacity for further infrastructure upgrades&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; 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