Hukumar kula da wutar lantarki ta yammacin Afirka (WAPP) ta sanya shekarar 2025 a matsayin sabuwar ranar da za a kammala aikin North Core Project.
Babban sakataren kungiyar Mista Apollinaire Ki ne ya bayyana haka a lokacin da yake zantawa da manema labarai bayan ya bayyana bude taro karo na 7 na kwamitin hadin gwiwa da ke kula da aiwatar da aikin a Abuja, Najeriya.
Ya bayyana cewa aikin wanda tun da farko aka tsara kammala shi a shekarar 2024 yanzu ya zama 2025 saboda rashin tsaro da sauran kalubale.
“Muna fatan kammala shi a cikin shekaru uku, don haka za mu iya kammala shi a 2025.”
A cewarsa, “An gudanar da bikin kaddamar da fara aikin WAPP North Core Project a Yamai a shekarar 2022, a tashar Gorou Banda”
“Kokarin hadin gwiwa ne tsakanin kasashe biyar na yammacin Afirka na Benin, Burkina Faso, Nijar, Najeriya, da Togo”
“Aikin ya kunshi kusan kilomita 900 na layin watsa wutar lantarki mai karfin kilo 330 tare da tashoshi biyar masu alaka da kasashen da ke da nufin magance rashin daidaiton samar da wutar lantarki a yankin na ECOWAS.” Inji shi.
Ya kuma bayyana cewa, WAPP, wata hukuma ta musamman ta ECOWAS, an kafa ta ne a shekarar 1999 a wajen taron shugabannin kungiyar ECOWAS karo na 22, tare da tabbatar da ingantawa da inganta samar da wutar lantarki da na’urorin watsa wutar lantarki, da kuma samar da wutar lantarki, da kuma samar da wutar lantarki, da kuma samar da wutar lantarki, da kuma samar da wutar lantarki. daidaita cinikin wutar lantarki tsakanin kasashe mambobin kungiyar.
Mista Apollinaire Ki ya bukaci hukumar ta JSC da ta hada hannu da masu ruwa da tsaki wajen magance kalubalen tsaro da ake fuskanta a wasu wuraren da aka shiga tsakani, domin samun damar kammala aikin hada-hadar wutar lantarki mai karfin 330kV a kan lokaci.
“Duk da cewa an samu ci gaba sosai wajen aiwatar da aikin, amma har yanzu ba a kai ga yin komai ba, don haka akwai bukatar daukar kwararan matakai wajen ganin an aiwatar da aikin ta hanyar hada hannu da masu ruwa da tsaki tare da mai da hankali kan kalubalen tsaro a yankunan da aka shiga aikin. ” .
“Kalubalen tsaro sun zama barazana ga cimma manufofin; aikin gine-gine ba zai iya ci gaba ba tare da shawo kan waɗannan ƙalubalen tsaro ba. Jajircewar kasashen da abin ya shafa a wannan fanni na da muhimmanci wajen kammala aikin,” inji shi
Mista Apollinaire Ki wanda ya sanya kudin aikin a kusan dalar Amurka miliyan 700, ya ce kasafin farko ya kai dalar Amurka miliyan 600, amma ya karu saboda wani sauyi da aka samu a fannin aikin.
A cewarsa, taron na JSC karo na 7 an sadaukar da shi ne musamman domin amincewa da shirin na shekara da kuma kasafin dalar Amurka miliyan 156 da ake shirin yi na shekarar 2024 da ake sa ran kammala aikin a Najeriya da Benin.
Kasafin kudin 2024 da aka gabatar shine dala miliyan 156 kuma zai ba da damar kammala ayyukan a Najeriya da Benin da kuma samun karin ci gaba a matakin Nijar da Burkina Faso.
Ya kara da cewa “A kan wannan batu ba ni da tantama cewa shawarwarin na yau zai ba ku damar samun jagorar da ake bukata a kokarin da ake na kammala aikin,” in ji shi.
Da yake gabatar da jawabin maraba tun da farko, Shugaban Hukumar WAPP kuma Manajin Darakta na Kamfanin Dillancin Labarai na Najeriya TCN wanda ya karbi bakuncin JSC#7, Sule Abdulaziz, ya bayyana shirin Arewa Core a matsayin wani ginshikin fata ga al’ummomin da ba a yi musu hidima ba. Ƙasashen da abin ya shafa ta hanyar buɗe cikakkiyar damar da nufin cike gibin samun wutar lantarki.
“Yana da batun kawo iko ga Makarantu, asibitoci, da kasuwancin da suka dade suna aiki a cikin inuwar karancin makamashi,” in ji shi.
Engr Abdulaziz wanda ya yi karin haske kan tafiyar da aikin ya zuwa yanzu ya lura cewa bayan layukan sadarwa da tashoshin sadarwa guda biyar, ana amfani da fasahohin zamani kamar na’urorin SCADA da igiyoyin fiber optics a kan layin.
Ya bayyana godiyarsa ga gwamnatocin kasashe mambobin kungiyar, daidaikun mutane da kungiyoyin kamfanoni, wadanda suka hada da abokan huldar fasaha da kudi, musamman bankin duniya, bankin raya Afirka, kungiyar Tarayyar Turai da kuma hukumar raya kasar Faransa bisa goyon bayan da suke bayarwa.
Ladan Nasidi.