Mary Ekah
10 July 2009
Lagos — To urgently address the epileptic power crisis in the country, Association of Nigerian National Honour Awardees (ANHA) has called on the Federal Government to outlaw, especially, Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) and other government parastatals from using power generating sets.
The Association, at the resolution of its meeting in Lagos, ascribed failure in the nation's electricity supply to sabotage, saying there was a correlation between sabotage and people who sell diesel with non- performance of PHCN.
"We call on government to take drastic measures to dissuade all government parastatals, especially PHCN, then followed by all other government parastatals, from using any form of electricity generating set.
If there is complete darkness in the nation, we believe there would be solution to the lingering problem of lack of electricity supply in Nigeria. It was unfortunate that when some of us visited PHCN, we found out that they too were using standby generator. This should stop with immediate effect," the Spokesperson of ANHA, Dr Ausbeth Nnamdi Ajagu, MFR, said.The Association lamented that Nigeria is still suffering power epilepsy, even when many other African countries with less endowment enjoy steady power supply. "Why is it that the countries we supply electricity like Niger Republic, Cotonou and the rest would have constant electricity? It is only Nigeria in the whole world that does not have electricity supply. Industrialisation is being greatly hampered by this power problem and until the situation is addressed, it may be difficult to advance industrially," Ajagu said.
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