The Federal Government has added 625mw of power to the national grid, increasing the grid’s wheeling capacity to 4800mw.

This is contained in a statement by Bolaji Tunji, the Special Adviser, Strategic Communications to the Minister of Power on Friday in Abuja.

Tunji quoted the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu as saying this at the inauguration of the 63 Mega Volt Ampere (MVA), 132/33 Kilovolt (KV )mobile station at Ajah, Lagos and at the inauguration of 60MWA, 132/33KV Power Transformer in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi .

The minister said the pivotal project is a testament to the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu towards transforming the Power sector in the pursuit of reliable and sustainable energy infrastructure for a better Nigeria.

According to him, the mobile substation being inaugurated was a strategic deployment aimed at improving the transmission capacity constraints by over 1300mv across the nation.

He spoke on the significance of the project and other equipment undergoing installation under the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI).

Adelabu said that the mobile substations equally stands as a beacon of hope for businesses, households reliant on uninterrupted power supply, stopgap measures during maintenance and emergency.