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The Gambia's Electric Power Capacity
Increased By Six Megawatt

Gambia Radio & TV News
(Banjul)
June 26, 2001
Posted to the web June 26, 2001

Ardy Fatty
Banjul

A new six megawatt generator was on Monday offloaded
at the Banjul Ports Authority. The new generator arrived
from Germany and is the first to be purchased by the
National Water and Electric Company, NAWEC in sixteen
years.

At Quayside to witness the offloading was the Sectretary
of state for Tourism and Culture, who was deputising for
the Secretary of State for Works, as well as senior
government officials.

Secretary of State Touray told GRTS that the generator
is one of three purchased by government to improve the
erratic power supply in the country. He also said the
arrival of the generator will enable government to look
into the current electricity tarriff.

The new NAWEC boss Mustafa Corr noted the
government's support to the company. He said that apart
from the new generator, government has other plans for
the company, but did not disclose what the plans were.

Dodou Amigo Jeng, the NAWEC board chairman, who's
also an electric engineer expressed confidence in the
quality and performance of the generator, and
congratluated the President for fulfilling the promise to
acquire the generator.


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Media (allAfrica.com).


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