Nearly 300 Containers of Grid Equipment Sat at Nigerian Ports for Up to 20 Years

Power Minister Joseph Tegbe and Customs Comptroller-General Bashir Adewale Adeniyi announced that Customs has begun releasing 98 of about 300 containers of transmission equipment left at Nigerian ports for 14 to 20 years. The equipment was intended to help expand the grid and ease pressure on substations. Customs says it is waiving accumulated charges on President Tinubu’s instruction.
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