KEDCO: Kano, Katsina, Jigawa States Agree to Partner on Tri-state Electricity Market, Acquire Equity Stake in Future Energies Africa 

By Mustapha Salisu

The Executive Governors of Kano, Katsina and Jigawa States, their Excellencies Mal. Abba Kabir Yusuf, Mal. Dikko Radda, and Mal. Umar Namadi, met with Future Energies Africa (the core investor in Kano Electricity Distribution Company – KEDCO) in Marrakech, Morocco over the weekend (from Friday October 16th to Sunday October 19th, 2025) for a High-Level Electrification Summit/Meeting.

Sani Bala Sani, Head, Corporate Communications at KEDCO disclosed this in a press statement issued to PRIME TIME NEWS on Monday.

According to Sani, some of the other meeting attendees included the Speakers of Katsina and Jigawa States (Rt. Hon. Nasir Yahaya Saif and Rt. Hon. Haruna Aliyu Dangyatin), the Commissioners responsible for Power in Kano and Jigawa (Dr. Gaddafi Sani Shehu and Dr. Surajo Alhaji Musa), the Special Adviser to the Governor of Katsina responsible for Power (Dr. Hafiz Ibrahim Ahmed) .

Others are the Attorney General of Jigawa (Hon. Bello Fanini Abubakar). Commissioner Dafe C. Akpeneye from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) also attended the session.

The hosts of the event, Future Energies Africa were led by the Chairman of the company Alh. Najib J.A. Koguna alongside Ahmad Rufai Zakari, OON, Alh. Habib Daura Ahmed and Engr. Yusuf Usman Yahaya.

The Chairman of KEDCO Alh. Adamu Ibrahim Gumel and the Managing Director of KEDCO Dr. Abubakar Jimeta were also in attendance. Experts from DLA Piper, the Boston Consulting Group and BlackAion Capital were also in attendance.

The key Summit and Meeting outcomes were as follows:

1. Kano and Katsina States to join Jigawa State in taking equity stakes in Future Energies Africa to bolster KEDCO’s strategic direction.
2. Kano, Katsina and Jigawa States to partner with Future Energies Africa on first-of-its-kind electrification fund with target capitalization of N50 billion in the first instance to rapidly accelerate access and supply across the 3 States through embedded generation using renewables, solar home systems, grid extension and mini-grids.
3. Kano, Katsina and Jigawa States to collaborate and explore means under the Electricity Act to partner amongst themselves on areas of their tri-state market where partner regulation is mutually beneficial.
4. Kano, Katsina and Jigawa to collaborate with KEDCO to reduce losses from residential consumers to allow supply to improve to citizens in the States; and
5. FEA and State representatives to convene annual international retreat and meet quarterly (and as required) to review progress, set direction, and strengthen ties for North-western tri-state electricity market.