By Stellamaries Amuwa
The Irrua Transmission Substation in Esan Central local government area, Edo State has received a new 100MVA power transformer and its accessories to boost electricity supply in the area.
With the arrival of the power transformer last Saturday, the capacity of the 90MVA Irrua Transmission Station will be increased to 190MVA, after its installation, thus boost power supply to the residents of Irrua and its environs.
The transformer is part of the World Bank supported power project of The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).
TCN is responsible for evacuating electric power generated by the electricity generating companies.
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Climate Change: Niger seeks partnership with NDDC, others on afforestation
By Mercy Aikoye
Niger State Governor, Umaru Bago, has sought the partnership of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to plant trees as a means of tackling climate change.
The Governor made this known at an event organized on the sidelines of the ongoing COP28 Climate Summit in the United Arab Emirates.
Bago said afforestation would check the high emission of greenhouse gases, and Niger State has 76, 000 square kilometers of arable land to be protected.
He said in addressing climate change issues it was critical to address three areas: the root causes, its impact, and the way forward.
Bago observed that “in undertaking climate change, there are three very important levels. One, the root causes which you explained very well, the exploration of oil and also the flaring of gas. The second issue is the impact of that activity on humanity and the environment. The third one one that I am sure you would have enumerated is what I would help you to do which is the way forward. How do we mitigate this?
“Now I am from Niger State. It is 76, 000 square kilometers of arable land. It has two major rivers flowing through, it has four hydro-powered dams. And this land is arable.
“Now that we are here, we need to encourage the NDDC to join in the crusade of planting trees to balance the ecosystem. When you spoke about carbon credit, one of the advantages is planting trees. Where you have high emissions, the ecosystem is affected.
“Secondly to also prepare us to understand the challenges of agriculture is land preparation. So the companies who are in this exploration should come in as a corporate social responsibility in making sure that we restore our land and reduce emissions. When you do that you change alternative sources of energy. Instead of fossil fuel, we come back to green fuel or blue energy.”
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