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2ND National Council On Power (NACOP) Opens In Kaduna

By
Ibrahim Haruna
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July 12, 2016
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…………….Participants charged to proffer solutions to the challenges facing the sector.

Babatunde-Fashola-001The National Council On Power (NACOP), the highest decision making body that consists of Policy Makers, Members of the National Assembly, former Ministers and Permanent Secretaries of Power, Commissioners and special Advisers in charge of Energy/Power in the States, CEOs of the Power Companies, Donor Agencies, Representatives of Professional bodies and the Academia, Nigerians in-Diaspora, some representatives of  electricity consumers converged in Kaduna City, Kaduna State for the Council meeting which will last for a week with the theme: “Achieving Incremental, then Stables, and then Uninterrupted Power”.

The Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, Hon. Mustapha Baba Shehuri in his welcome remarks stated that the 2ndCouncil of Power is taking place at a time when the sector is facing a lot of challenges and urged the participants to come out with concrete solutions hindering the progress in the sector.

  The Minister of State, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, (Power), Mr. Louis Edozien disclosed that one of the objectives of the Council is for the industry key players to brainstorm and chart the way forward for the sector to perform optimally in providing incremental, then stable and then uninterrupted electricity supply as stated by the theme of the Council.

The Minister said the inaugural Council meeting  which was held in 2014, in Abuja, was intended to identify all constraints facing the Industry and proffer solutions to ameliorate them.

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The Minister also disclosed that as the way forward for the sector, five important topics are to be thoroughly discussed at the technical secessions; namely: Gas to power, Transmission and Market liquidity. Others are Energy -mix and Manpower.

The Minister further said that the Council is to discuss issues on gas supply to GenCos, Gas Supply Agreements (GSAs), Gas pricing and gas pipeline infrastructure and tackling gas infrastructure vandalism.

On Energy Mix, the Minister reiterated the fact that Nigeria has a lot of renewable energy sources which if well harnessed will increase power generation, adding that the country has in abundance of Coal, Wind, Solar that can increase quantum of power in the country.

On Market liquidity, the Minister disclosed that the Industry is facing a lot of liquidity problems which implies that it is very important to the consumers to pay for the power they consumed. Another one is on the issue of payment performance by the Distribution Companies (DisCos).

On Transmission, the emphasis is placed on transmission expansion and completion of all on-going projects.  He said contractors were already mobilized to sites and that grid expansion is on the priority list of the present administration.

Lastly, on manpower, the Minister said the Ministry, through the National Power Training Institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN) is organizing a lot of capacity building for lower level technical manpower and engineers who work in the industry.  It would be recalled that the National Council on Power policy started two years ago where key players in the industry identified major issues confronting the sector and  took positive decisions to move the sector forward.

Earlier, the Permanent Secretary, (Power) Mr Louis Edozien, represented by the Director, Planning, Research and Satistics (PRS), Nuhu L. Sada, urged the council to come up with new ideas that will put the sector in its rightful place of providing stable and uninterrupted power to Nigerians.

Mr Edozien commended the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai, for hosting the council in his state and providing conclusive  working environment for participants.

Ibrahim Haruna

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