Nigeria begins construction of new national electricity control centre
The Federal Government has started building a new National Control Centre for the Nigerian Independent System Operator in Osogbo, Osun State. Officials say the facility will replace a 64-year-old centre, improve grid monitoring and support faster responses to faults, while stressing that reliable electricity will also depend on gas, transmission and distribution improvements.
The Federal Government has begun construction of a new National Control Centre for the Nigerian Independent System Operator in Osogbo, Osun State, in a move officials say will strengthen the monitoring and management of Nigeria’s electricity grid. The groundbreaking ceremony was performed on Wednesday by Vice-President Kashim Shettima’s representative, his Special Adviser on Legal and Compliance Matters, Bashir Maidugu. Power Minister Joseph Tegbe attended the event.
According to a statement by the minister’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Adeola Labzy, the new facility will replace an existing centre that officials described as 64 years old and no longer suited to the demands of operating the national grid. Speaking through his representative, Shettima said dependable electricity was central to President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. He linked power supply to economic growth, industrial productivity, social development, business activity and the operation of hospitals and schools.
Tegbe said the centre would provide NISO with improved visibility of activity across the grid and help operators respond more quickly to faults and other disturbances. It is planned to include an integrated Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system, large-format display screens and analytical tools for identifying emerging faults, planning preventive maintenance and optimising available generation and transmission capacity. The facility is also expected to support renewable-energy integration, coordination with countries in the West African Power Pool, and stronger physical and cybersecurity protections for critical infrastructure.
Tegbe cautioned, however, that the centre alone could not resolve all electricity-supply problems. He said adequate gas supplies, maintained transmission equipment and functional distribution networks would remain necessary to deliver power to homes and businesses. NISO managing director Abdu Bello Mohammed said upgraded telemetry, SCADA and automatic metering would improve grid management, market settlement and system resilience.
He also stressed the need to train personnel, saying the technology’s effectiveness would depend on the people operating it.
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