National grid overhaul begins January 2027 -Power Minister

The federal government has fixed January 2027 as the target date to begin replacing ageing infrastructure across the national electricity grid in a fresh effort to improve power supply across the country.
Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, disclosed this on Monday during an interview on a TVC television programme, saying the exercise would follow a technical audit of the power sector to identify faulty equipment and facilities requiring urgent attention.
“So in the next one or two months, we will commence infrastructure replacement across our grid. President Tinubu is extremely supportive of what we are doing,” he said.
Tegbe identified the transmission network as the biggest challen...