Imamuddeen Talba, the chief executive officer, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), speaks on the measures put in place by the Federal Government to solve power crisis in the country.
When you took over NERC, what were the structures you met on ground?
When I took over at the commission, there were certain structures on ground. The former management had already issued licences to Independent Power Project (IPP) stakeholders, it established a technical crew for operations in the industry and other regulatory frameworks were also established to ensure rapid development in the sector.
The sector has suffered over the years. What is your commission doing to improve electricity generation capacity to stimulate industrial growth and development, now and in the long-run?
I quite agree that the power sector suffered over years. The reason being that, there were no appreciable investments made by government from 1979 to about 1999; that caused a major decay in the sector. However, if you look at the initiative taken by the present administration, especially the current actions of President Goodluck Jonathan in making tangible investments and putting needed structures in place to revamp the sector for greater productivity, you would see that a lot has been done to turn the sector around.
The massive investments and structures put on ground by the government shows total commitment and proactive steps to revive the sector. Infact, with the level of commitment shown by the government in the implementation of the power sector reform, I am glad to say that Jonathan is approaching the issue of electricity supply pragmatically and holistically to realise positive outcome.
The initiative of government is to ensure that the sector functions optimally to stimulate rapid economic growth and development in line with the government’s policy towards the realisation of its Vision 20:2020 target.
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