Made-in-Lagos Transformer Hits Market

[AmazingG]

Made-in-Lagos Transformer Hits Market

Kunle Awosiyan, Lagos

Saturday, October 31, 2009

LAGOS State government on Friday recorded another breakthrough as its partner, a transformer manufacturing company, the El-Sewedy, located in Ibereko Badagry, released its first set of locally made transformers.

The Commissioner for Rural development, Prince Lanre Balogun, made this known at a news conference, adding that the Egyptian company had since supplied the government with 15 transformers.

Balogun, accompanied by his counterpart for information and strategy, Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele, said that the local transformer was made of copper material instead of aluminum and would be distributed to communities free.

According to him, it was the first time a transformer would be made locally, adding, “This will go a long way to reduce the problem of epileptic supply of electricity in the state.”

The transformer, Balogun noted, is a dry cell type, saying that it was more durable than most of the imported ones and would be available in open market in the nearest future.

Commenting, the Special Adviser to the state governor on commerce and industry, Mrs. Sola Oworu, said that the establishment of transformer manufacturing company was one of the plans of the government to solve the problem of power supply in the state.

According to her, the company would be producing about 100 transformers for 18 months and will go on large scale production in the nearest future.

“Our plan is to export it and supply adequately to satisfy our local needs,” Oworu said.

[AmazingG]

Hopefully this will help reduce the epileptic power supply system in Lagos and hopefully it will be of good standard comparing to those older ones that use to errupt (blow-up) at no given time before.

This is a good thing anyway as all the populace can not depend or singularly afford solar power energy for their individual use.

Great achievement.

[nijalaw]

Originally Posted by AmazingG

Made-in-Lagos Transformer Hits Market
According to him, it was the first time a transformer would be made locally, adding, “This will go a long way to reduce the problem of epileptic supply of electricity in the state.”
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Newclime in Port Harcourt also makes transformers & they been doing it for some years now but their max rating is 500KVA.

http://www.newclime.com/Docs/product...ame=Electrical

There was also another company in Lagos that was making transformers, I can't really remember the name but I did get a quotation from them sometime ago while tendering for a job.

[agensheku]

Originally Posted by nijalaw

Newclime in Port Harcourt also makes transformers & they been doing it for some years now but their max rating is 500KVA.

http://www.newclime.com/Docs/product...ame=Electrical

There was also another company in Lagos that was making transformers, I can't really remember the name but I did get a quotation from them sometime ago while tendering for a job.

The term "made in Lagos" sounds like Oshodi language.is it assembled in Lagos?whats the country of origin?whats the performance rating?there are not many made-in-lagos items i will pay my hardearned cash for.if the lagos boy says "i am coming",he has taken off!what about spare parts for the transformer?and price wise,how competitive?when we get answers to these,we may celebrate,afterall,propaganda can not power transformer!

[Dapxin]

@headliner,

why not made-in-Nigeria ?

If you let mrs. reBrand catch you?

[Dapxin]

+ It would be nice to see the website of this production plant.....or let me try to search around sha.

good development all the same.

[oguzie j.j.]

the fact that its made in Lagos, badagry or any other place in lagos or Nigeria does not make any difference but we all should all be inquisitive to find out if the so called transformer were assembled or actually manufactured in Lagos full stop.
All the same Fashola ride on in your efforts, Time and history are watching your actions.

[netotse]

Originally Posted by oguzie j.j.

the fact that its made in Lagos, badagry or any other place in lagos or Nigeria does not make any difference but we all should all be inquisitive to find out if the so called transformer were assembled or actually manufactured in Lagos full stop.
All the same Fashola ride on in your efforts, Time and history are watching your actions.

is it fashola himself that wound the transformer? or what is his own in this matter?

[oguzie j.j.]

Originally Posted by netotse

is it fashola himself that wound the transformer? or what is his own in this matter?

I thought you had better read the article to understand that it was indeed the commissioner that gave this information about the collaborative effort btween the Lagos State govt and their partners gave birth to the transformer of a thing.

[netotse]

Originally Posted by oguzie j.j.

I thought you had better read the article to understand that it was indeed the commissioner that gave this information about the collaborative effort btween the Lagos State govt and their partners gave birth to the transformer of a thing.

yep, dont mind me jo, its just that er'body is just hailing this man too much, as if no one else can think in lagos again

[RAYNOSA]

Nice idea though.......What i don't understand is does the transformer when installed automatically produced light......
I would have thought they invested on solar.

[nijalaw]

Originally Posted by RAYNOSA

Nice idea though.......What i don't understand is does the transformer when installed automatically produced light......
I would have thought they invested on solar.

Transformers don't produce power, they either step it up or down(Voltage) depending on the circumstance in which it needs to be used.
The only plus is that production of transformers locally would stop imports & impact on the economy vis a vis jobs, taxes, downtime etc; that is if the powers that be can get it right.

[RAYNOSA]

Originally Posted by nijalaw

Transformers don't produce power, they either step it up or down(Voltage) depending on the circumstance in which it needs to be used.
The only plus is that production of transformers locally would stop imports & impact on the economy vis a vis jobs, taxes, downtime etc; that is if the powers that be can get it right.

Nijalaw
I understand,knowing how things work in our great country don't you think it would have been appropriate if they had invested in other sources of power supply such as solar or wind-mill atleast this would creat more jobs and get things running.
To me its like buying a good car and locking it up in the garrage because theres no road or fuel to run it.
The power that be can never get it right

[denker]

anywaz, for dos wey know no wat transformer is:



any good student of physics at secondary school fit construct one and a good electrical engineer fit do better calculation and construction...i dont see wat is wat reporting here...nawah for dis naija people....behaving like small bush people!

[denker]

Raynosa, for wind mill you go still need transformer for grid transmision and for solar energy depending on type you go need inverter or transformer(grid)...u see there's no wrong investing in transformer...but dis nobi news...lol!

[nijalaw]

Originally Posted by RAYNOSA

Nijalaw
I understand,knowing how things work in our great country don't you think it would have been appropriate if they had invested in other sources of power supply such as solar or wind-mill atleast this would creat more jobs and get things running.
To me its like buying a good car and locking it up in the garrage because theres no road or fuel to run it.
The power that be can never get it right

Ray,

In a way you are right, the Lagos state government should have also invested in alternative sources of power generation along with the transformer production. The company for now I suspect is only producing LV(Low Voltage Transformers), which are the end distribution transformers in streets, small communities & villages. For now I doubt they can handle the Transformers which are used at the power generation & transmission ends which are basically HV(High Voltage) & MV(Medium Voltage) & the contracts for those are monopolies of PHCN/FGN.
All in all if the government can ban imports of transformers for their range of production it could encourage them to diversify into higher ranges plus spin offs like feeder pillars, bus bars, etc. But Nigerians love imports & that's the problem.

[denker]

But Nigerians love imports & that's the problem.

i no gree, na bad policy....attribute of bad leadership...lol!

[tonsoyo]

Originally Posted by RAYNOSA

Nijalaw
I understand,knowing how things work in our great country don't you think it would have been appropriate if they had invested in other sources of power supply such as solar or wind-mill atleast this would creat more jobs and get things running.
To me its like buying a good car and locking it up in the garrage because theres no road or fuel to run it.
The power that be can never get it right

Ray,
There is energy generation and there is energy distribution. One of the greatest challenges of energy sector in Nigeria is not just the generation but the distribution as well.

This is why we must commend this effort.

[lateesha]

We have heard enough talk .
I am no longer moved by all this news items.
When there is uninterrupted power for 24 hrs in just one section of Lagos, somebody should tell us.Enough of all this hype.
Didn't someone come up with a cure for AIDS sometime ago in the same Lagos?
Did preachers in the same Lagos not predict a God sent leader that will turn Nigeria around?
Didn't an Hausa man manufacture helicopters from scrap metal sometime ago,where has that gone.

[denker]

Originally Posted by tonsoyo

Ray,
There is energy generation and there is energy distribution. One of the greatest challenges of energy sector in Nigeria is not just the generation but the distribution as well.

This is why we must commend this effort.

...O' Ya, mr. american lawyer aka tonsoyo...when they shit/defacate or release their crazi bowels of the silly constipation we go commend dem and give a big applause....komot make i see better climate to yawn....!