To curb the persisting collapsing of the nation’s national power grid, the Federal Government of Nigeria has ordered the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and all other relevant agencies of the ministry to begin the immediate implementation of the recommendations of the inter-agency committee.
Recall that because of the recurring collapses of the national grid, a committee was set up to address the challenge.
The order was contained in a statement by the Minister for Power, Adebayo Adelabu.
According to the Special Adviser on Strategic Communications and Media, Bolaji Tunji, the Minister gave the order for the immediate implementation of the committee report.
The Minister’s order is coming amidst appeal by TCN to Nigerians for understanding. The Commission, while regretting the disruptions, stated that repair works are to restore the grid.
Recall that the grid had within ten days collapsed three times. This is even as the transmission company reported that the national grid experienced a disturbance at approximately 11:29 am, on Thursday.
According to the media aide the Minister stated that all relevant agencies in the ministry must brace up. This is even as he called for the immediate implementation of the recommendations of the committee, which was submitted on Wednesday.
He said, “The recommendations of the committee are far-reaching. And will proffer lasting solutions to the incessant power grid collapses that we have embarrassingly witnessed in the country in the immediate and long term.”
Meanwhile, the Federal Government, has through the National Orientation Agency (NOA), attributed the frequent collapses of the national grid to surge in power generation. The agency noted that the collapses, which always resulted in nationwide blackouts are as a result of the inability of electricity distribution companies (DisCos) to take power generated.
The agency explained that while the country has the capacity to generate approximately 13,000 MW of electricity and transmit up to 8,000 MW, the limited infrastructure of DisCos results in system failures.
It stated, “On the generation side, with the addition of the 700MW Zungeru hydroelectric plant, which came on stream in the second quarter of the year, Nigeria’s national grid now has an installed power generation capacity of about 13,610MW.
“Despite the 13,610MW generation capacity and the over 8,000MW transmission capacity, the total active distribution capacity of the 11 Discos in Nigeria is still hovering around 4,000MW.”
source: Daily Trust
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