Kebbi communities get 40 new transformers to boost electricity supply, socioeconomic activities

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A section of the transformers on display

By El-Yakub Dabai, Birnin Kebbi

Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State has flagged off the distribution of forty new transformers at the premisses of Rural Electricity Board in Birnin Kebbi to several communities affected by poor power supply to boost their socioeconomic activities geared towards self dependent.

The Governor said “We have now procured transformers as well as the accessories for the installation the power substations. We do not want a situation where beneficiaries of the transformers would be levied for their installation. We have made provision for whatever is required.”

“As government, we must meet the yearnings and aspirations of our people. We will apply the resources of Kebbi judiciously, what you see is just the beginning, the purchase of transformers is part of my government’s agenda”, Comrade Idris stressed.

Governor Nasir Idris speaks at the event

The State Chief Executive further stated that “I promised to assist my people through the execution of different developmental projects that have direct bearing to the lives of the common people in addition to ensuring stable electricity supply and that is what I have done today.”

The Special Adviser on Power and Politics, Alhaji Kabiru Sani Giant, announced that the 40 units transformers were purchased at the cost of about N396 million while the accessories were acquired at N120 million.

“Governor Nasir Idris has made it a duty to boost electricity supply in Kebbi for socioeconomic development. At the time of the TCN fire incident when two of its major transformers got burnt at its substation in Birnin Kebbi, his intervention not only benefitted the people of the state but also the neighbouring states of Sokoto and Zamfara”, Giant declared.