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Expert Decries Power Supply Challenges
An engineering expert and member of the Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE), Engr. Sampson Uyouko has expressed great concern over the challenges facing power supply in Nigeria since its inception in 1951 Company of Nigeria (ECN).
Engr. Uyouko who is also the General Manager, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Port Harcourt Branch said this in a paper titled, “Wheeling Power in Niger Delta: The Journey so far”, he presented at the NSE monthly congress meeting in Port Harcourt.
According to him, “the sector had been facing a lot of challenges ranging from lack of enough manpower, obsolete equipment, kidnapping, unavailability of spare parts, as well as unfavourable environment that involved the corridors, topography and terrain”.
It would be recalled that the Electricity Company of Nigeria (ECN) was established in 1951 while Niger Dams Authority was established in 1961 before a merger of ECN and NDA took place in 1972 which resulted to the National Electricity Power Authority (NEPA) and recently Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) in 2005 with 18 companies that privatized PHCN into generations, distribution and transmission in 2012. The expert further stated that the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Port Harcourt region was created in July 2007 and was carved out from the former old Enugu region with its regional office located at Rumuobiakani, Trans-Amadi Industrial Layout Road.
He explained that the region covers six states across South-South and South-East Geo-Political Zones of Nigeria, which include Akwa-Ibom, Cross River, Bayelsa, Imo and Rivers State.
He noted that technically, the Region Comprises of four sub-regions and one works centre, which includes Aba sub-region, Afam, sub-region, Calabar sub-region, Port Harcourt sub-region and Owerri works centre.
Engr. Uyouko stated that the region has a transformer capacity of 2560 MVA, eight No. 330/132/33KV sub-stations, 22-132/33kv sub-stations, 1446km of 330KV lines and 662km of 132kv lines.
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Kenyan Runners Dominate Berlin Marathons
Kenya made it a clean sweep at the Berlin Marathon with Sabastian Sawe winning the men’s race and Rosemary Wanjiru triumphing in the women’s.
Sawe finished in two hours, two minutes and 16 seconds to make it three wins in his first three marathons.
The 30-year-old, who was victorious at this year’s London Marathon, set a sizzling pace as he left the field behind and ran much of the race surrounded only by his pacesetters.
Japan’s Akasaki Akira came second after a powerful latter half of the race, finishing almost four minutes behind Sawe, while Ethiopia’s Chimdessa Debele followed in third.
“I did my best and I am happy for this performance,” said Sawe.
“I am so happy for this year. I felt well but you cannot change the weather. Next year will be better.”
Sawe had Kelvin Kiptum’s 2023 world record of 2:00:35 in his sights when he reached halfway in 1:00:12, but faded towards the end.
In the women’s race, Wanjiru sped away from the lead pack after 25 kilometers before finishing in 2:21:05.
Ethiopia’s Dera Dida followed three seconds behind Wanjiru, with Azmera Gebru, also of Ethiopia, coming third in 2:21:29.
Wanjiru’s time was 12 minutes slower than compatriot Ruth Chepng’etich’s world record of 2:09:56, which she set in Chicago in 2024.
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