LAGOS -The Electricity Meter Manufacturers Association of Nigeria yesterday urged electricity distribution companies (Discos) to invest more on embedded power generation projects to stabilise power supply in the country.
Muyideen lbrahim, Executive Secretary of the association, gave the advice in an interview with newsmen in Lagos.
Ibrahim said that embedded power generation remained one of the most vital ways of solving the nation’s electricity problem.
He said that the dwindling power situation in the country posed serious worries since the privatisation of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN).
Embedded power generation is the process through which the Discos obtain power supply from independent power generating firms.
The scribe also urged the Discos to explore the use of renewable energy because it was environmental-friendly.
He attributed the current challenges of the transmission network to long years of neglect and urged the government to ensure the Transmission Company of Nigeria tackled the issue.
“If we produce all the power in the world without a corresponding transmission capacity, how will we get the power out to the end users,’’ he said.
It would be recalled that Dr David Ige, Group Executive Director, Gas, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), had urged major firms to generate power from the sufficient gas supply in the country.
According to Ige, domestic gas supply has increased from 300mscf in 2010 to over 1000mscf in 2013.
Ige said that the product was expected to rise to 1800mscf in the next two years.
He decried the spate of vandalism of gas pipelines and recommended 10 years jail term for anyone found to have vandalised gas pipeline in the country.
He listed Trans-Forcados and Escravos pipelines as some of the major targets of vandals in Nigeria.
