Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) has announced that the company has concluded all necessary plans to invest N1.2 billion in network expansion and improvement in power supply to the famous Dawanau International Grains Market in Kano.
Disclosing this, the company’s Acting Managing Director and CEO, Abubakar Yusuf, said: “We have engaged three reputable companies to actualize the construction of a 35km, 33kV high-tension (HT) line from Bichi Transmission substation to Dawanau Market.”
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According to him, “Network expansion and power generation are some of the company’s major plans to improve power supply in an accelerated fashion, especially in areas such as Dawanau International Grains Market, which is the largest in sub-Saharan Africa with numerous cottage industries.”
He added that the company is prioritizing the Dawanau project among a string of similar projects due to its current dilapidated network, leaving the area underserved and hindering the potential of the market as a catalyst for economic growth in Kano State and the northern part of Nigeria.
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