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10,000 Liberian Families to Benefit From Cote d’Ivoire Power Export

10,000 Liberian Families to Benefit From Cote d’Ivoire Power Export

Through a collaborative effort led by Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Ivorian President Alhassan Ouattara and the European Union, Cote d’Ivoire will export enough power to aid 18 towns and villages in Liberia, UNMIL Public Information reported in a recent video.

“A lot is going on to deepen the economic ties between our two countries. Our two countries, in partnership with the European Union are currently implementing a project that will bring electricity out of Cote d’Ivoire. As many of you are aware, we currently constructing and erecting light poles, transmission and distribution lines here in Zwedru, Toe Town, Ganta, and elsewhere,” Johnson Sirleaf said at an October closing ceremony.

“This project will ultimately bring affordable electricity to over 10,000 families. We are also building a more powerful line from Man, Côte d’Ivoire, to Yekepa, then down to Buchanan. This line ends up in Sierra Leone and Guinea, connecting our four countries to what is called the West Africa Power Pool,” she said.