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October 17, 2019
Nigeria is working with China for the production of Nigerian-made transformers by 2020.
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TheExecutive Vice Chairman, National Agency for Science and EngineeringInfrastructure, NASENI Mohammed Haruna who made this known in Abuja, said thatthe aim of the partnership was to put an end to the power supply challenge inthe country.
Accordingto Haruna, the partnership with the Chinese government will witness the settingup of a factory in Nigeria for the production of transformers which will beginin 2020.
Hesaid that on that score, the agency would look forward to launchingmade-in-Nigeria transformers soon.
Heexplained that the partnership would see more than 307.5 million dollars usedto implement three main projects critical to addressing Nigeria’s power needs,namely: power transformer production, the establishment of both a High VoltageTesting Laboratory and the setting up of Solar cell Production Facility phaseone and phase-2.