The Nigerian Electricity
Regulatory Commission has said power generation will drop by 300
megawatts after rainy season and this will partly cancel
the improvement
in electricity supply experienced recently in some parts of the
country.
While answering
questions during a recent e-conference on power sector reforms,
organised by Spaces for Change, a human rights organisation, the
Chairman of the NERC, Dr. Sam Amadi, said the recent improvement had
been due to repairs of some power plants and high water volume
occasioned by the rainy season.
Amadi told the moderator
of the e-conference, Zainab Usman, of the International Crisis Group,
Brussels, that it was unrealistic to expect more than 5000MW by
December.
He urged Nigerians not
to be too hopeful about the recent improvement, stating that a massive
haulage of power will come in the near future.
Amadi also noted the
bane of the power sector has been corruption, which had continued to
undermine the investments made in the sector.
He said, but for
corruption, the National Integrated Power Project initiated by the
Olusegun Obasanjo administration would have provided at least an
additional 5000MW of power.
Amadi also reiterated that the prepaid meters were to be distributed to customers free of charge.
“Meters are no longer to be paid for by
customers. That is the law. But practice may be different in many
different places. Please refuse to pay for meters and report anyone who
asks or collects money for meter to NERC and Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission,” he said.
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