Nigeria still gives power to Niger, Republic of
Benin – Nnaji
By BusinessNews Staff on June 24, 2015
Despite the acute power deficit in Nigeria, the
country still gives undisclosed quantity of electricity
to Niger and Republic of Benin, as part of the
government-to-government efforts to boost regional
integration in the West African sub-region.
Speaking at a special session of a just-concluded
power conference in Lagos, a former Minister of
Power, Professor Barth Nnaji, who confirmed this
development, stated that progress was being made in
both western and southern Africa in the areas of
integrating power supply.
He noted that the West African Power Pool (WAPP) is
a body established for West Africa, with delegates
from the various countries of the sub-region in that
body.
According to him, there are about 18 countries in
West Africa but four countries are islands, which
cannot be part of a grid.
“But we are all talking as part of the power pool. We
also have a regulator. The beginning of progress is
when you have a regulator. If you have the regulator,
then you can begin to put things together and that is
already in place in the case of West Africa. So, we do
have support of the various governments,” he said.
Nnaji further stated that Nigeria’s Ministry of Power
would always give maximum support to the concept
of West African Power Pool, adding that the concept
is already working to some extent.
“Nigeria gives power to Niger Republic. Niger’s
Minister of Energy and Petroleum, Foumakoye Gado
is here to agree that we do. And the way it works is
that if you have a country-to-country agreement, then
that power must go to the other country, no matter
what, unless your system totally collapses. But by
agreement, it must go. We give power to Benin
Republic and there is plan to increase it. There is plan
to build a 330 KV transmission line from Lagos to
Republic of Benin to increase power supply to that
country. So, these are things that help government to
support the integration we are talking about,” Nnaji
said.
The West African Power Pool (WAPP) is a specialised
institution of ECOWAS, which covers 14 of the 15
countries of the regional economic community.
The countries include: Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina
Faso, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia,
Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
WAPP, which prides itself as an international
organisation of public interest, is to ensure Regional
Power System integration and realisation of a
Regional Electricity Market.
WAPP is made up of public and private generation,
transmission and distribution companies involved in
the operation of the electricity in West Africa, with 26
member companies to date.
The body was created by Decision A/DEC.5/12/99 of
the 22nd Summit of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads
of State and Government with the aim of promoting
reliable power supply in the West African sub-region.
Subsequently in January 2006, through Decisions A/
DEC.18/01/06 and A/DEC.20/01/06, the 29th Summit
of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and
Government held in Niamey respectively adopted the
Articles of Agreement for the establishment and
functioning of WAPP, and granted the WAPP
Secretariat the status of a specialised institution of
ECOWAS.
On the July 5, 2006, ECOWAS signed on behalf of
WAPP a Headquarters Agreement with the
Government of Benin, conferring on it diplomatic
immunities required to operate effectively within the
entire ECOWAS Member States.
The headquarters of WAPP Secretariat is presently
located at Akpakpa, Cotonou, Republic of Benin.
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ylordy:
Nigeria still gives power to Niger, Republic of
Benin – Nnaji
By BusinessNews Staff on June 24, 2015
Despite the acute power deficit in Nigeria, the
country still gives undisclosed quantity of electricity
to Niger and Republic of Benin, as part of the
government-to-government efforts to boost regional
integration in the West African sub-region.
Speaking at a special session of a just-concluded
power conference in Lagos, a former Minister of
Power, Professor Barth Nnaji, who confirmed this
development, stated that progress was being made in
both western and southern Africa in the areas of
integrating power supply.
He noted that the West African Power Pool (WAPP) is
a body established for West Africa, with delegates
from the various countries of the sub-region in that
body.
According to him, there are about 18 countries in
West Africa but four countries are islands, which
cannot be part of a grid.
“But we are all talking as part of the power pool. We
also have a regulator. The beginning of progress is
when you have a regulator. If you have the regulator,
then you can begin to put things together and that is
already in place in the case of West Africa. So, we do
have support of the various governments,” he said.
Nnaji further stated that Nigeria’s Ministry of Power
would always give maximum support to the concept
of West African Power Pool, adding that the concept
is already working to some extent.
“Nigeria gives power to Niger Republic. Niger’s
Minister of Energy and Petroleum, Foumakoye Gado
is here to agree that we do. And the way it works is
that if you have a country-to-country agreement, then
that power must go to the other country, no matter
what, unless your system totally collapses. But by
agreement, it must go. We give power to Benin
Republic and there is plan to increase it. There is plan
to build a 330 KV transmission line from Lagos to
Republic of Benin to increase power supply to that
country. So, these are things that help government to
support the integration we are talking about,” Nnaji
said.
The West African Power Pool (WAPP) is a specialised
institution of ECOWAS, which covers 14 of the 15
countries of the regional economic community.
The countries include: Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina
Faso, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia,
Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
WAPP, which prides itself as an international
organisation of public interest, is to ensure Regional
Power System integration and realisation of a
Regional Electricity Market.
WAPP is made up of public and private generation,
transmission and distribution companies involved in
the operation of the electricity in West Africa, with 26
member companies to date.
The body was created by Decision A/DEC.5/12/99 of
the 22nd Summit of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads
of State and Government with the aim of promoting
reliable power supply in the West African sub-region.
Subsequently in January 2006, through Decisions A/
DEC.18/01/06 and A/DEC.20/01/06, the 29th Summit
of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and
Government held in Niamey respectively adopted the
Articles of Agreement for the establishment and
functioning of WAPP, and granted the WAPP
Secretariat the status of a specialised institution of
ECOWAS.
On the July 5, 2006, ECOWAS signed on behalf of
WAPP a Headquarters Agreement with the
Government of Benin, conferring on it diplomatic
immunities required to operate effectively within the
entire ECOWAS Member States.
The headquarters of WAPP Secretariat is presently
located at Akpakpa, Cotonou, Republic of Benin.
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Rubbish

This should be moved to joke section

Joke of the century.

i tink say na wetin person get,him dey give? laughing in swahili

Pls don't start sharing light that is supposedly not enough.

Forget o guys am in this country as of present am in universite d'abomey- calavi. The country has light no be small.... I can't remember when the light has gone off sef... No filling station, no Gen in anybody's house.... I doubt they even have any resources at all...but my guess is that they pay Nigeria a big sum of money for this light cause omo I don't want to go back to Nigeria if Na light well let me stay here

abtmaviz:

Rubbish

tell that to our govt.