The minister of power Adebayo Adelabo, expressing his views on the recent power outage witnessed in the 17 states of the north,said that president Bola Ahmed Tinubu,has no intention of discriminating against any region as been wrongly insinuated by some people
According to him,” What happened about the power outage in the past days was not deliberate but unfortunate, it is not a situation we want to repeat itself. If at all it will happen again, we need to have a permanent solution to it”
The minister of power said that Federal Government is determined to boost electricity supply with a view to reviving the nation’s industries in order to enhance its economy.
,Chief Adelabu, stated this during a stakeholders meeting at headquarters of the Kano Electricity Distribution Company(KEDCO) on Thursday.
He however emphasised that” The
situation is worrisome and unfortunate. The President does not intend to discriminate against any region. We all voted him as Nigerians and he has all of us at heart.
This proactive approach aims to ensure that the region is prepared for any eventuality, including vandalism or national grid collapse,”he said.
Adelabu recognized the crucial roles played by various stakeholders in achieving these objectives:
He highlighted the need to exploring alternative power sources to serve as backup to the National Grid had become necessary with a view to curtailing future ocuarances of collapse of the National Grid.
He stressed the need to revamp the transmission architecture in the North which currently relies heavily on Shiroro and Jos channels.
“This radial system leaves the Northern region vulnerable to electricity disruptions whenever issues arise with these lines,” he said.
He, therefore, urged KEDCO and other Discos across the country to intensify efforts to make meters available to consumers with a view to ensuring effective service delivery.
Adelabu however called on the state government to collaborate with the Ministry in investing in power generation and distribution.
He explained that the power sector has been decentralized with ten states enjoying leverage to generate power, in which Kano is not among. He called on the state to tap from this opportunity.
“There is need to partner with us in generation and distribution. The federal government is ready to collaborate as there are a lot of projects left uncompleted that can lead to a lot of losses” he stated.
Speaking on behalf of Kano state governor,, the Chief of Staff, Bala Sagagi said huge amount of money was lost to the power outage that lasted for nine days in the 17 northern states
Aside from that many industries in Kano seriously felt the negative impact lack of power ,while others were still counting their loses due to the incident
He however disclosed the readiness of the state government to partners with the Federal Government on the need to enhance power supply to the teeming masses