The Federal Government has taken decisive steps towards the takeover of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) amid mounting frustrations over persistent poor power supply in the region. The Godwin Obaseki-led administration in 2020 broke the BEDC monopoly in the state by supporting the construction. VINCI Energies has signed a contract worth €292 million with the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Benin for the construction of electricity transmission and distribution infrastructures. Its financing is supported by the French authorities. Overall, the. Port Harcourt — The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, says the 33/11KV electricity injection substation built by the Commission in Amufi-Ikpoba Okha, Benin City, Edo State, has been completed and would be commissioned soon for onward hand over to the Benin Electric Distribution Company.
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