As the implementation of the West African Programme for regional inter-connectivity for the expansion of cross border electricity trade and integration of cooperative approaches to addressing electricity challenges in the West African sub region intensifies, Volta River Authority (VRA), the Ghanaian utility for power generation and operator of the national energy supply grid recently visited TCN to seek further collaboration with the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).

The team, led by the Manager, Strategy and Planning Department, Mr. Clement Boakye, sought to understand specific aspects of the Nigerian Power sector and explored the possibility of experience sharing and knowledge exchange between the two regional utilities.

According to him, “We believe that the two systems even by virtue of interconnection are similar and we would want to look at some of the things that you have overcome and see what we can learn and possibly, also share some of the things we have been able to overcome” 

In his response, the Ag. Managing Director of TCN, Engr. Dr. Sule Abdulaziz welcomed the team and commended the initiative of VRA, assuring them of TCN's preparedness to share from their common experiences as critical stakeholders of the power sector in West Africa. He added that TCN engineers would assist them with all necessary information concerning Nigeria's transmission system and answer their questions on the Generation and Distribution companies in Nigeria. He commended VRA's efforts to seek information to further improve their operations.

Arrangements were made to ensure that the team from the VRA were able to readily access the information they required from TCN. In attendance at the meeting were the Executive Director, Transmission Service Provider (TSP), Engr. Victor Adewumi, Executive Director, Independent System Operations, Engr. Maman Lawal, Market Operator, Engr. Edmund Eje, General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs. Ndidi Mbah, and the Technical Adviser to the Ag. MD/CEO, Engr. Aminu Tahir.  

Ndidi Mbah GM, Public Affairs