Abuja — When completed, the ongoing 330KV West African North-Core interconnection transmission line will save West African countries about $58 billion in annual energy spending, Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, has said.
Speaking at the first session of the joint ministerial steering committee of the West African Power Pool (WAPP) in Abuja, Mamman stated that the project would involve the construction of approximately 875 km of 330 kV and 24 km 225 kV transmission lines from Nigeria to Togo, Niger Republic and Benin Republic with associated substations.
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