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TCN now generates 4,400 megawatts -CEO
Written by Hassan Ibrahim, Kaduna Thursday, 30 August 2012
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) is now generating 4,400 megawatts of electricity from the national grid for transmission to the transmission to the over 60 per cent of the Nigerian electricity consumers, the Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mr Olushola Akinniranye, has said.
He spoke in Kaduna on Wednesday, after commissioning an office block built through direct labour at the TCN’s Regional office at Mando, and assured Nigerians that TCN was doing everything possible to improve on the 4,400 megawatt currently being transmitted for distribution nationwide.
According to him, “transmission generation from the national grid hits 4,400 megawatts.
“We are not resting on our oars on that figure to ensure that we transmit electricity to Nigerians. We have reached a new peak.
You will recall that, prior to the hitting of the new peak, we are looking forward to moving forward. Generations are going to come and I can assure that things are going to better.”
He told the workers not to fret over the privatisation of the company, saying that the aim of the exercise was to improve on service delivery and not the usual fears that the exercise was meant to ‘retrench’ workers.
He assured the management and staff of the company not to be scared of the exercise mid-wifed by the Bureau for Public Enterprise, as every worker of the nation’s transmitting station would be paid his entitlements at the end of the day.
“We at the management are bound by the law of the land. What is good for you is equally good for us. If they said you will have to go home with 100 per cent of your wages, we will also enjoy it,” Akinniranye said.
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