Kamfanin watsa wutar lantarki na Najeriya, wato Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), ya fara aikin inganta layin wutar lantarki mai tsawon kilomita 138 daga Alaoji zuwa Onitsha, wani shiri da ake sa ran zai ƙara yawan wutar lantarki a yankin Kudu maso Gabas.
A cikin wata sanarwa, an bayyana cewa aikin, wanda African Development Bank (AfDB) ke tallafawa, zai maye gurbin tsohon layin wuta mai tsarin hanya ɗaya (single-circuit) da sabon layi mai 330kV da ke da hanyoyi biyu (double-circuit quad-conductor), wanda zai ninka ƙarfin wutar sau huɗu.
An kuma biya diyya ga mazauna yankunan ƙananan hukumomi guda takwas da abin ya shafa a jihohin Abia State da Imo State tsakanin 31 ga Maris zuwa 2 ga Afrilu, 2026, a matsayin wani ɓangare na shirin sake matsuguni (RAP).
Wani jami’in aikin na AfDB, Aromeh Adole, ya ce an bai wa mazauna yankunan wa’adin kwanaki 90 su bar wuraren da aikin zai gudana.
“Sabon layin zai kawo ƙarfin wutar lantarki sau huɗu fiye da na da, wanda zai sauya yadda ake isar da wutar lantarki a yankin Kudu maso Gabas,” in ji shi.
Shugaban aikin na wucin gadi, Edeh Alexander, ya yabawa Bola Tinubu bisa sakin kuɗaɗen gwamnati da suka taimaka wajen biyan diyya cikin lokaci, tare da jinjinawa shugabancin TCN kan ci gaban aikin.
Alexander ya ƙara da cewa inganta layin zai ƙara yawan wutar lantarki da ake isarwa zuwa Alaoji, Port Harcourt, Jihar Abia da sauran yankunan Kudu maso Gabas, tare da rage asarar wuta da kuma inganta amincin tsarin wutar lantarki.
Ana sa ran kammala aikin cikin watanni 18, a matsayin wani ɓangare na dabarun TCN na faɗaɗa hanyar sadarwar lantarki ta ƙasa da kuma ƙarfafa isar da wuta zuwa cibiyoyin masana’antu da gidaje.
TCN ta ce wannan shiri na nuna ƙudurin ta na sabunta kayayyakin watsa wutar lantarki a Najeriya da kuma tabbatar da ingantacciyar isar da wuta a faɗin ƙasar.
