Nigeria, Germany Partner On Power Plant Construction

An overhead bridge across Abuja ligh rail on the outer northern expressway near the Brick-City Estate in Abuja.
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Nigeria and Germany
have intensified their partnership on the Geregu I and II power plants in Kogi, to enhance electricity supply in the country, a statement said.
The statement signed by Ms Yetunde Jonah of the Press and Cultural section at the German Embassy in Abuja,  was made available to journalists .
According to the statement, Dr Godknows Igali, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Power, and Dr Harald Braun, the German State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office, had signed a Memorandum of Understanding to ensure the continuation of the partnership.
At the signing ceremony, Braun commended the ongoing reforms in the energy sector of the country, especially the privatisation process.
He said that the privatisation would open doors for growing business engagement and increased investment in Nigeria’s power generation.
He stressed the willingness of Germany, under the partnership programme, to boost electricity generation as well as ensuring the electrification of communities in the northern part of the country.
According to the statement, the partnership which started in 2008, will run for the next five years.
it would be recalled that the Geregu Power Plant was constructed by Siemens, a German multinational engineering and electronics conglomerate headquartered in Munich and Berlin. It is the largest Europe-based electronics and electrical engineering company.
The plant was recently commissioned by President Goodluck Jonathan, to reduce gas flaring and green house gas emissions.
The statement indicated that through the partnership programme, Germany and the European Union would channel the sum of 24 million euros (about N5.2 billion) to the development of Nigeria’s electricity sector.