Kaduna Electric Begins Complete Overhaul Of Kofar Doka Injection Substation

The Management of Kaduna Electric has disclosed that there is an ongoing rehabilitation and installation of new equipment at the 3×15 MVA Kofar Doka Injection Substation to guarantee reliability and safety in Zaria and environs.

This is even as the management also said, the rehabilitation of the 20-year Kofar Doka Injection Substation was prioritized following the unfortunate accident of December 2022 as a result of obsolescence and equipment failure and Management determination to undertake an upgrade of equipment and civil works as to forestall a re-occurrence while modernising the Injection Substation.

According to the Kaduna electric management, upon completion, the rehabilitation of the Injection substation will bring improvement in stability and reliability of supply on Zaria City, Wusasa, Teaching Hospital, Kofar Kibo and Gaskiya 11KV feeder.

The managing director of the electricity company, Engr. Yusuf Usman Yahaya said the exercise is in line with the Company’s resolve to revamp and modernise some of the obsolete infrastructure in its network.

“As part of our network transformation and infrastructure revamp and modernisation, we are embarking on rehabilitation of a number of critical injection substations and installation of new equipment across our franchise; the Kofar Doka Injection substation rehabilitation is the first of these infrastructure revamp projects”, he said.

He further revealed that besides rehabilitation of the control room, all the breakers and other protective equipment of the five outgoing 11KV feeders in the Injection substation shall be replaced with new ones.

He disclosed that the sub-station was first commissioned in 2002, over 21 years ago, with most of the equipment being out-of-date and often breaks down, thereby posing serious hindrance to power supply stability in Zaria and environs as well as posing safety challenges.

According to the electricity company boss, the company is committed to delivering electricity services to its customers in a sustainable and safe manner.

The rehabilitation of Kofar Doka Injection Sub-Station is scheduled for completion and commissioning over the next two weeks, in the first of a series of such rehabilitation and upgrades across Kaduna Electric Franchise Area.