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The attacks carried out in October led to various grid collapses and even caused a total blackout of almost two weeks in the 17 northern states and other parts of Nigeria.
The attacks carried out in October led to various grid collapses and even caused a total blackout of almost two weeks in the 17 northern states and other parts of Nigeria.
Adelabu also constituted a forensic investigation committee with a mandate to advise the government on necessary solutions to make the national grid robust and reliable
The minister noted that this was due partly to the fragility of the transmission and distribution infrastructure which he said had become old and dilapidated, leading to the historical epileptic supply of power to households, industries and businesses.
The mandate we have was to procure and install a minimum of two million meters on a yearly basis over the next five years.
The government will be partnering with local manufacturers to making the equipment not own readily available, but to also ensure that the government’s target over the next four years is met.
The JICA project aims to boost power transmission infrastructure within and outside the Ogun industrial corridors, covering Agbara, Mowe, and Shagamu industrial clusters.
Mr. President has soft spot for the eastern part of Nigeria hence industries in such axis must be revived.
The Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress, and Organised Private Sector, on Wednesday, faulted the latest hike in the electricity tariff payable by customers in the Band A Category. Following the depreciation of the naira against the United States dollar, and inflation, among other factors, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission again raised the tariff payable…
Adelabu, grandson of Adegoke Adelabu, stormy petrel politician of pre-Independence Ibadan politics, should quit explaining the shortcomings of the Gencos and the Discos and concentrate his efforts on expanding the capacity of the national grid that the Bretton Woods institutions should have advised.
The development came a few months after the Federal Government renewed the mega power project contract with the German government and Siemens, following several months of delays.