ESKOM TO REPAIR NIGERIA’S CRUMBLING GRID

SA power group Eskom has signed an agreement with its Nigerian counterpart to help repair Nigeria’s crumbling electricity grid. Negotiations between Eskom and Nigeria’s National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) are expected to be concluded by the end of this month. Financial details of the accord were not available. Eskom has an installed capacity to generate electrical power in excess of 40 000 megawatts, more than 20 times the generating capacity of NEPA. – AFP