The National Chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (NIEEE), Mr Akan Michael, has once again called for the decentralisation of the national grid infrastructure given its continuous collapse.
The chairman made the call during the inauguration of the NIEEE chapter in Benin, recently.
He said it was unthinkable that the government was bent on continuing with a system that was not sustainable but required a huge investment it was incapable of providing. He said it was unimaginable that the nation was in darkness despite multiple sources of energy mix available to it.
The professionals in the sector have been calling on the government to do the right thing given the frequent collapse of the grid and poor service delivery.
According to him, the State Assemblies should hasten action to pass the amendment Constitution bills to enable the states to engage in micro-managing the sector.
Speaking during the inauguration as a guest on a topic ‘Scalable solar roofing technologies for on-grid and off-grid applications’, Professor Adagbonyin Obiazi presented the solar-roofing technologies as viable, reliable, durable and sustainable option in providing sufficient, stable, available and quality power supply scalable to both residential and commercial levels for on-grid and off-grid applications.
According to him, this would augment the current generation capacity, which dismally averages 3,500 megawatts for a population of over 200 million.
Mr Ikponmwosa Amayanvbo, who became the pioneer chairman of the Benin chapter, NIEEE, promised to work with his executive committee members to deliver on the mandate of the institute by promoting its cardinal objectives.
He expressed profound gratitude to all and sundry that contributed to the success of the event which he considered historic and epoch-making.
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“Absolutely, When we came with the Buhari government in 2015 I became the minister. We were committed to a roadmap to establish a National Carrier, to concession the airports, to set up a leasing company, to establish cargo facilities and we have been doing that.”
On why the Buhari government wanted a national carrier, the minister responded: “Nigeria is situated at the centre of Africa, equidistant from all locations in Africa. 30.4 million square kilometres miles, 1.5 billion people, very green land. If Central and Eastern Africa is the belt of the continent, then Nigeria is the buckle. 200 million people and rising middle class, propensity to fly is high. Nigeria is a candidate for National Carrier.”
Sirika who insisted that the coming national carrier will be private sector driven added; “Private. Yes. 5 per cent government and no government stepping right in that company, no government control, no membership of government on board. Totally private and committed.
“Whatever we say we will do as a government since 2015, it has happened. that is why Tim Clark of Emirates, Qatar Airways and all of them are looking to go into Nigeria in multiple frequencies and multiple landing points because Nigeria is the right place for the airline business.
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