The Transmission Company of Nigeria, Shiroro region, says it is overhauling its equipment for improved power supply across the region.

The General Manager of TCN Shiroro Region, Maiwada Sarkin-Bello, disclosed this while addressing journalists during a tour of TCN facilities at the Shiroro power plant.

He said the company was constructing new control rooms in Shiroro and Kainji transmissions and replacing obsolete equipment with new, modern ones.

Mr Sarkin-Bello added that the company had purchased an additional 132/33KV 100MVA transformer for the Minna sub-station at the cost of N1 billion to address power outages within the metropolis.

He said the company constructed a new 132KV from the Zungeru power station switchyard to Tegina and new control rooms at Shiroro.

Others were the replacement of old equipment by the World Bank, the in-house replacement of old equipment at Jebba, and the upgrading of the Minna substation with an additional 132/33KV 100 MVA.

He added that six new 330 KV current transformers on the bus coupler at the Jeba transmission station were purchased, and new 330KV circuit breakers on the Jebba-Kainji line 2 circuit were installed.

Also, a new 330KV circuit on the Jebba-Gamo line was installed, while vandalised tower members on T69, T70 and T71 on the 132 Minna-Suleja circuit and two faulty 132KV CVTs on Minna-Suleja line one and two yellow phases were replaced

He said the company constructed new open-air stores for outdoor equipment at Faku, and obsolete protection relays with modern numerical relays on 330KV were replaced in addition to the maintenance of power transformers on an annual schedule.

(NAN)