FG Upgrades Four Lagos Substations, Adds 360MW to Boost Power Supply

The Federal Government has commissioned upgraded transmission facilities at four major substations in Lagos, adding approximately 360MW of transmission capacity to boost electricity supply across Nigeria’s commercial capital, with the projects at Ijora, Apapa Road, Alausa and Lekki substations expected to strengthen bulk power delivery to residential, commercial and industrial consumers within the networks of Eko and Ikeja Electricity Distribution Companies.

Speaking during the commissioning, Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, said the investments were aimed at removing transmission bottlenecks and improving electricity reliability across Lagos, noting that the interventions are part of a broader strategy to address structural constraints in the power sector. He explained that these infrastructures have been in place for over 25 years and that the government is commissioning new power transformers in Apapa, Ijora, Alausa and Lekki transmission substations, which is important as it will increase wheeling capacity and also improve delivery to end-users.

At the Ijora Transmission Substation, two new 100MVA transformers raised installed capacity from 90MVA to 230MVA, adding approximately 112MW of transmission capacity, with the project funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency and replacing two ageing 30MVA units. The Apapa Road substation received two 60MVA transformers alongside modern gas-insulated switchgear, increasing capacity from 60MVA to 180MVA and adding about 96MW, with this World Bank-funded project strengthening power supply to critical commercial hubs hosting the Tin Can Island Port, Apapa Wharf and manufacturing industries.

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At Alausa, an existing 30MVA transformer was replaced with a 100MVA unit, raising total capacity from 135MVA to 205MVA and adding approximately 56MW, with the upgrade having increased power allocation to Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company to 80MW for onward delivery to consumers within its franchise area. The Lekki Transmission Substation received two 60MVA transformers, a 300MVA transformer and nine additional 33kV feeders as part of the upgrade, with the intervention doubling transformation capacity at the 132/33kV level from 120MVA to 240MVA, while an additional 1x300MVA, 330/132kV transformer is expected to be energised in November 2026. The project, executed by Shanghai Electric Group Company Limited with World Bank support, also increased transformer capacity at the 330/132kV level from 300MVA to 600MVA, equivalent to approximately 480MW, and the nine new feeders will improve bulk power delivery into the Eko Electricity Distribution Company network.

Tegbe said the Alausa intervention alone could serve about 70,000 households, representing approximately 180,000 people, while the Lekki project is expected to benefit about 100,000 customers, representing an estimated 400,000 people. Speaking at the Lekki commissioning, Tegbe emphasised the strategic importance of the location, noting that Lekki represents the Nigeria we are building towards, a more industrial, more commercially active, more connected to global markets and increasingly attractive to domestic and international capital, and as investment flows into a corridor such as this, electricity infrastructure cannot be an afterthought. TCN Managing Director, Sule Ahmed Abdulaziz, said the upgrades would strengthen overall grid stability and enable more bulk power to reach distribution companies for onward supply within their franchise areas, describing the works as evidence that TCN remains resolute in its mandate of building and sustaining a robust transmission network, capable of transporting Nigeria’s growing power needs to various distribution load centres nationwide.

The Minister revealed that the Federal Government is working to significantly increase the country’s electricity wheeling capacity, stating that the target is to conveniently wheel 6,000MW in this country by the end of this year, and projecting that in the next one or two years, the figure should increase to 8,000MW. He emphasised that the government’s approach is deliberate, focused on identifying bottlenecks, investing in them, removing constraints and unlocking capacity to ensure that businesses can grow, industries can produce, and communities can prosper.

FG Upgrades Four Lagos Substations, Adds 360MW to Boost Power Supply

PFIPC Scandal: Tinubu Orders Forensic Probe as ICPC Uncovers Multiple Fake Agencies

The Federal Executive Council has approved a comprehensive forensic investigation into government processes after the ICPC discovered at least two additional fictitious agencies operating within the federal system, with President Tinubu warning that fake agencies likely mean fake employees on the government payroll. President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday directed the commissioning of a forensic investigation into the processes, procedures, and internal control weaknesses that allowed fake government entities to operate undetected, following an update to the Federal Executive Council on the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) investigation into the fictitious Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) scandal.

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, disclosed that the ICPC’s findings revealed the fake council was not an isolated case, with at least two other fictitious agencies operating within the system, indicating a systemic weakness that allowed fraudulent entities to penetrate government structures. Oyedele explained that the investigation would establish what went wrong, how it can be prevented, and strengthen government systems moving forward, as the President directed that the review extend to the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS), warning that fake agencies likely mean fake employees somewhere within the federal payroll.

President Tinubu specifically ordered that the review extend to the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS), warning that fake agencies likely mean fake employees somewhere within the federal payroll. Oyedele stated that the government cannot afford to have fake people hanging around because it undermines the ability to pay civil servants well who are doing the hard work, disclosing that between N9.4 trillion and N9.5 trillion in subsidy savings and incremental revenue had gone into incremental payments of salaries and allowances to civil servants—an amount he said exceeded the actual savings accrued from subsidy removal, emphasizing that the government does not want to be further constrained by fake agencies and fake personnel.

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Oyedele revealed the extent of the fraud, explaining that the perpetrators managed to create a fake agency that secured office space within a federal government institution, a feat that required significant collusion and manipulation of government systems. He detailed that someone managed, with whatever people they colluded with, to create a fake agency that had an office within the institution of the Federal Government, and they managed to register and obtain an administrative code as well as a TSA code, with the only saving grace being that no money was actually paid to those accounts, though he acknowledged that the situation had gone too far to even get to that level. The ICPC Chairman, Dr Musa Adamu Aliyu, presented an interim report to President Tinubu revealing that Adeyemi also operates two other fake agencies and that the PFIPC was never established by any law, executive order or other valid instrument of government, adding that Adeyemi appropriated the identity of the defunct Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC), illegally occupied its office, and used forged government documents to carry out the activities of the fake agency.

The Attorney-General of the Federation and the Finance Minister have been directed to work with other relevant government institutions to address the matter holistically, spanning its administrative, accounting, and governance dimensions, with professional audit firms to be engaged for a forensic, total evaluation of the system to plug the loopholes once and for all, according to Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris.

Mr Idris cautioned that the scandal likely predates the current administration, saying that this didn’t just happen now and that it is possible that this dates back longer than when the President was in office, adding that the President is not just looking at this but is also examining the possibility that this may also have occurred elsewhere, while trying to find a solution that will block this from recurring going forward.

The controversy emerged after Adeniyi Adeyemi presented himself as the Director-General of the PFIPC and the purported council operated from an office within the Federal Secretariat in Abuja, with questions subsequently raised during the probe by the House of Representatives ad hoc committee over how an organisation without a legal foundation was able to function as a government agency and gain access to official processes. The matter escalated after allegations that the council had been allocated about N1.3 billion in the 2026 Appropriation Act, and Adeyemi also alleged that the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, demanded a 48 per cent share of a purported N27.3 billion take-off grant and received N400 million through a proxy. Mr Gbajabiamila has denied the allegations in a statement on oath, saying he had no personal, official, or professional relationship with Adeyemi, and also denied demanding or receiving money, abusing his office, or interfering with law enforcement investigations. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Didi Esther Walson-Jack, had earlier told the House committee that her office issued an authorised establishment and a recruitment waiver after receiving what was purported to be the council’s establishment Act and the appointment letter of its Director-General, admitting that due diligence would have exposed the documents, and noting that an internal review triggered by the House investigation later revealed that they were fake.

PFIPC Scandal: Tinubu Orders Forensic Probe as ICPC Uncovers Multiple Fake Agencies