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Nigeria’s major electricity problem is in the transmission and distribution of electricity, the power minister, Saleh Mamman, has said. Mr Mamman told journalists after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting Wednesday that he submitted a report to the FEC on the problem. He said Nigeria is currently able to generate 13,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity but can only transmit about 7,000MW and can only distribute about 3,000 MW. “Nigeria can generate up to 13,000 megawatts of electricity but we cannot transmit all,” he said. So today, we presented to the council the solution to the problem of our generation. It is mainly distribution. We can generate 13,000 megawatts, we can transmit 7,000 megawatts but can only distribute 3,000.” After Nigeria’s electricity privatisation programme, the government privatised the generation and distribution companies with government only manning the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). Mr Mamman said the distribution companies are ...

Cummins West Africa Ltd. (CWAL), a branch of Cummins  Inc, a diesel and natural gas engine manufacturer has inaugurated a N35 million worth of facility in Lagos aimed at providing quality service to its Nigerian market. Located in the prominent business district between Mobolaji Johnson Avenue and the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the new facility will give the 100 years company easy access to its target market. Serving the market which includes: Automotive, construction, financial institutions, telecommunications & technology, mining, marine, oil & gas, and power generation, Cummins West Africa Ltd is optimistic that the new facility will increase service satisfaction. “We are confident the facility will increase service satisfaction from where it is today, we’re sure it will improve better quality products leaving this facility because most things are done with the use of automated system; less human error,” Mark oni-Okeke, Commercial Manager, Cummins West Africa sa...

Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari will later this month visit the state to commission a number of industries built by his administration. The governor made the disclosure in Calabar recently. Ayade has consistently maintained that the key trust of his administration is the rapid Industrialisation of the state as well as building of socio- economic infrastructural projects. President Buhari's February visit to Cross River will be the third since taking office in 2015 in connection with the governor's projects. Few weeks after assuming office in 2015 the President visited Cross River to perform the groundbreaking of the 274 kilometre Superhighway highway linking the state with the Northern parts of the country. President Buhari was again in Cross River in June 2018 to commission the multi-billion Naira automated Calabar Rice seeds and seedlings factory built by the Ayade administration. Professor Ayade on the P...