Nigeria - Nigeria Transmission Expansion Project Phase 1 (AFDB-P-NG-FA0-011)

Countries
  • Nigeria
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • African Development Bank (AFDB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
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Bank Risk Rating
U
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Nov 26, 2019
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Government Of Nigeria
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Hydropower
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 83.66 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported U.A 116,198,845.27
Converted using 2019-11-26 exchange rate.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ AFDB website

Updated in EWS Jun 14, 2020

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Project Description
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The Nigeria Transmission Expansion Project - phase 1 (NTEP 1) is part of the national Transmission Rehabilitation and Expansion Programme (TREP). This programme aims to support the rehabilitation and upgrade of Nigeria's electricity transmission substations and lines, to increase power transmission network and allow distribution companies to improve supply to consumers. NTEP 1 is composed of brownfield and greenfield projects, and aims at strengthening and improving the grid wheeling capacity where the transmission lines are the most constrained. It involves (i) the reconstruction of two (2) 330kV double circuit quad transmission lines, 138km Alaoji-Onitsha and 125km Delta-Benin; (ii) the construction of one (1) 330kV double circuit quad transmission line, 204km Kaduna-Kano; (iii) the construction of two (2) 330/132kV, 2 x 150MVA Sub stations at Zaria and Millennium City; (iv) The construction of two (2) 132/33kV, 2x 60MVA Sub stations at Rigasa and Jaji respectively. The three (03) components included in NTEP 1 are: (1) strengthening and improvement of the electricity transmission system, (2) impact mitigation and compensation, and (3) capacity building and technical assistance.

The purpose of the project is to increase the wheeling capacity of the grid to avail of the stranded generation capacity and improve reliability of the gird and power to consumers.

The Bank will provide a loan of USD 210 million, along with an AGTF loan of USD 50 million to the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN), which will be on-lent to TCN who is the direct beneficiary. The project will increase TCN's capacity to wheel power from generation to the distribution companies. The project will have a direct impact on Nigeria's economy, its businesses and population by significantly improving the quality of supply of electricity, therefore reducing the use of alternative solutions, such as small-scale diesel generators, to meet energy needs.

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