Minister orders closure of Kainji hydro-power station
Headlines Saturday, March 17th, 2012
The Minister of Power, Prof. Bart Nnaji, on Saturday announced the closure of the 760-megawatts hydro-power station at Kanji Dam in Niger State, owing to excessive water leakage at the dam.
A statement, signed by the Special Assistant to the Minister on Media, Mr. Ogbuagu Anikwe, said, “The shutdown followed excessive water leakage in the dam, which could cause a flooding of the station.
“To forestall the flooding, all five units in the power station generating 330MW were shut down on Saturday morning.”
The minister also ordered that all the divers of the power station should be mobilised to trace the point of water leakage in the dam and rectify the problem as a matter of utmost urgency.
Nnaji stressed that if the water leakage problem was not rectified immediately, it could affect the operations of the four units of the Jebba Hydro Station, which currently produced 335MW.
The dam was built in 1968 with an installed capacity for 760MW but in recent years has been generating not more than 450 MW due to poor maintenance, as it has not been overhauled since its establishment.
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