More than 4 million Cameroonians will be without electricity on Tuesday.

The capital Yaounde but also all the cities of the central and southern regions is more than 4 million people will be deprived of electricity on Tuesday from 6 to 12 hours (5 pm to 11 pm GMT) announced Minister Gaston Eloundou Essomba of Water and Energy.

"This interruption is essential to connect the substation Nomayos substation to the electricity transmission network," said Gaston Eloundou Essomba.
The post, he says, is "necessary for the forthcoming commissioning of the new cement production unit at Nomayos ".

The new 90/30 Kilo volt substation with an installed capacity of 36 Mega volt amps will enable, among other things, the power supply of the new industrial clinker grinding unit, as well as that of several localities, and the coverage of the industrial zone. Yaounde-west.

As a reminder, the Cement factories of Cameroon (Cimencam) have built a clinker grinding station in Nomayos estimated at 27 billion FCFA. It is located in the commune of Mbankomo, Department of Mefou-and-Akono Central region.

With this new plant, whose first CEM II 42.5 type cement (Robust) was produced on January 28, 2019, Cimencam aims to produce 2 million tonnes a year.

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