The management of the West African Power Pool (WAPP), established that its North Core Project which is estimated to cost $586 million by completion would be finalized by 2023.

This was disclosed by the Chairman, Executive Board of the West African Power Pool (WAPP) and Acting Managing Director, TCN, Mr Sule Abdulaziz, at the 52nd WAPP Executive Board meeting in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, part of the 16th session of the WAPP General Assembly.
The North-Core transmission line project would link the electricity grids of Nigeria with Niger, Burkina Faso, and Benin.
Abdulaziz said, “the WAPP North Core Project that seeks to interconnect Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Benin is in the implementation phase with the procurement process underway.
“The project is expected to be completed by 2023 and is part of efforts of the WAPP to integrate the power systems of West African countries by delivering priority projects, that would ensure that all 14 countries in the mainland of ECOWAS are eventually interconnected.”
He added that other major power projects in the region include the construction of the 330kV Volta (Ghana) to Lome ‘C’ (Togo) – Sakété (Benin) interconnection line which has been completed and would soon be energized, adding that the WAPP Cote d’Ivoire – Sierra Leone – Guinea (CLSG) project would also be commissioned very soon.
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