By: B.W. Bockarie
The Minister of Energy, Alhaji Mansa Kanja Sesay, on Thursday 8th July 2021 visited the Alpha T & D store where the last consignment of the Rural Electrification Component of the CLSG project in the north were handed over.
According to the General Energy Manager in the Ministry of Energy Dr. K. Dan Kona, the last consignment comprised 100 high voltage tension poles and cables, 100 high voltage transformers among others.
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The General Project Manager, in a brief background to the CLSG Project, said that the Trans West African Power Pool Project runs from Ivory Coast through Liberia, Sierra Leone and on to Guinea.
The transmission to the Mano River substation, from where Sierra Leone would receive supply from Liberia, is yet to be completed. According to him, out of the five substations to be constructed in Sierra Leone, three substations (Tiloma in Kenema District, Bikongor in Kono District, Bumbuna, where construction stops for now, in Tonkolili District) have been completed, adding that by November this year, the remaining two substations in Fadugu and Kamakwie will be constructed. He further informed the Minister and the media that 60% of the civil works on the CLSG is completed.
The Minister was pleased with the progress made so far, noting that His Excellency the President Rtd Brigadier Julius Maada Bio sees access to uninterrupted electricity supply nationwide as a fundamental human right. He furthered that the Rural Electrification Project, as a component of the CLSG, will benefit 29 villages nationwide while the bigger towns will directly benefit from the CLSG. He thanked the staff and all stakeholders in the district for their efforts towards making President Bio’s dream a reality.