Saleh Maman, minister of power, and Goddy Agba, his minister
of state counterpart, have met with major players in the power sector to
address the electricity challenge in the country.
According to a statement signed by Ofem Uket, media aide to
the minister of state for power, Saleh said at a meeting between the
managements of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), the Transmission
Company of Nigeria (TCN) and a federal government delegation that the
government is committed to ensuring that there is improvement in electricity
supply across the country.
He said the meeting was timely in the face of inadequacies
in the supply of power in cities and communities in the country.
Also speaking, Agba, the minister of state for power, asked actors in the sector to put in more technical commitment to deliver electricity to the people, saying the only language the people understands is to have steady supply of electricity in their homes.
According to him, the government will continue to ensure it
provides relevant policies on power sector reforms to drive the process of
growth in the country.
”Earlier, the Governor of Edo state and board chairman Niger
Delta Power Holding Company Godwin Obaseki said the essence of the meeting was
to disclose to the Federal government and its representative that NDPHC has
power assets across the country managed by the Transmission Company of Nigeria
TCN, saying such revenue assets have not generated any revenue over time,” the
statement said.
”The governor disclosed that TCN had not remitted revenue
realised on the management of the assets, and that has affected the finances of
NDPHC. The governor said NDPHC cannot evacuate power for sale because of its
low revenue base and the fact that players in the sector are offering to buy at
very low cost.
”Also on non- remittances, the managing director NDPHC
Chiedu Ugbo said the company has not made any revenue in the huge investments
made to build power transmission assets in the country, stressing that they
have come to discuss with the two ministers of power to facilitated speedy
approach of payment by TCN to NDPHC. He appealed to the power ministry to
consider the huge investment the company has made.”
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