The Federal Government Tuesday disclosed that it would give out electricity distribution equipments to communities across Nigeria that have been starved of power supply owing to damaged distribution facilities.
Minister of State for Power, Mr. Darius Ishaku, said communities whose power supply system had been distorted by damaged transformers and other distribution equipments would soon begin to take delivery of such from the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN).
Ishaku in a statement from the ministry in Abuja, directed that all 33/11kv transformers, transformers panels, oil and other power equipments at PHCN central store in Shogunle Lagos be allocated to communities that need them within two weeks.
The statement explained that the minister who went on an unscheduled visit to the PHCN central stores was shocked to discover that about 2000 transformers and associated accessories for transmission and distribution of power were lying idle at the central stores while electricity consumers consistently complain of damaged infrastructures.
Ishaku also visited the Ikorodu port of the Nigeria Customs Services (NCS) to take inventory of power equipments within the custody of the customs authority since 2004; accordingly, he took delivery of such equipments from the Comptroller of the Port, Mr. Dan Ogu, who represented the Comptroller General of NCS, Mr. Abdulahhi Dikko.
In his appreciation of efforts by the customs to protect the equipments from vandals all through the period they were kept in their custody, Ishaku stated that the equipments will further government's efforts to grow power supply in the country.
He said: "The equipments would be distributed to all successor companies of the PHCN, that is, transmission, generation and distribution companies according to their requirements. A distribution committee would be set up today to identify areas of needs to enable each company take delivery of the available equipments."
The minister noted that government is anxious to see a quantum leap in power supply to the citizenry and thus asked all Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of these companies to pick up their allocations from the port before the end of October.
The statement also explained that Ishaku was accompanied on the inspection by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr. Dere Awosika, and CEO of Eko and Ikeja Distribution Companies, Mr. Oladele Amoda and Mr. Chris Akamnonu.
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Nigerian leaders have given up attempt to rebuild the nation so much that even the history of what brought about the previous collapseof government under Babangida administration have no place in the mind of current actors. Let me remind those whose thougts on fixing present quagmire rest squarely on same old same old . It would seem that we have becdome a State with broken thoughts , no one have more new idea to offer towards resolving corruption and incompetency in Jonathqan administration but to round about and end up in the same way of running government. The nation spent over couple of billions to supply amost all cities and villages in the nation , including my village with thousands of same eqipment under review and they have been either looted or stolen , nust the same way like alluminium railling on our public highways with no question asked . What makes any of these devilish contractors think that rebuying generaors and planting them in villages under same condition and to same people will nsave the energy situation this timwe with all annonced remedies from thse criminals in power. Thye number of court cases awaiting Jonathan and his tean in ouer high courts indicate desperate effort to get this Presidenht out of Aso Rock, and you wonder in what other language the national leaders can hear it. I wont be surprised if this quagmire lead to another Army take overwhich may lead wipe out the paltry gains made so far with ernomous petroleum money this nation have lost under Jonathan's watch