Nigeria moved closer to finishing a plant expected to boost the country’s power generation by almost 10 percent when it signed a financing agreement with the World Bank on Friday.

The Washington-based financial institution partially guaranteed $237 million of debt that is being used for the construction of the Azura electricity plant in Benin City in the south, Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc, a government-owned entity that buys power from generation companies and sells it to distributors.

In a statement by NBET, the privately owned facility will provide 450 megawatts of electricity when it starts in 2018.

President Muhammadu Buhari, who came to office in May, has said that boosting Nigeria’s chronically unreliable power supply will be one of his economic priorities.

Power generation in the country is currently at 4,700 megawatts, the power ministry said this month.

Friday’s agreement “represents a major milestone in the evolution of the Nigerian electricity market and provides an exemplary illustration of the commitment shown by the Buhari administration to accelerating investment in the country’s power sector,” NBET said.

Investors and banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Standard Chartered Plc and Standard Bank Group Ltd. are lending more than $900 million to the Azura project, according to NBET.

http://www.metronaija.com/2015/08/nigeria-to-boost-power-generation-with.html

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Breaking News ke! I'v been hearing this since 1999

Gud news hope it's realistic heared a lot of dis during former administration but nothing to show for it

That's okay

This is no longer news na.

Is our normal Nigeria joke

I though only PDP borrows money..

I wonder who is advising PMB..

What a government! One man show..

Hopefully, it comes to fruition and on time too. Sucks that its hundred of MWs though. Nigeria needs thousands more.