Persistent National grid collapse, Power outage irks Atiku, calls for intervention
The flag bearer for PDP in the last general election, Atiku Abubakar has called out the ministry and departments responsible for ensuring there is constant power supply in the nation.
Recall that just a few days ago, he was seen in a bromance with Tinubu at the National Mosque, Abuja.
According to reports, the Southeast, Northwest, and Northeast regions of the country has experienced total blackout for about three weeks; a situation he thoroughly condemned.
He noted that the concerned departments should act swiftly and control the situation in order to ease the pain of those who the blackout has put in distress.
“In particular reference to the situations in both the Southeast and the entire states of the Northwest and Northeast, which have experienced complete blackouts in the past three weeks, every government department responsible for addressing the problem must act swiftly to restore electricity to these distressed geopolitical zones”.
“Meanwhile, I still believe that my solution, as encapsulated in my policy document, My Covenant with Nigerians, remains the most proactive plan to lead our country out of perennial darkness”, he said.
His sstatement was contained in a post he made in his Official X handle.
In order to fully tackle the situation, he further proferred a solution.
According to him, FG should implement power decentralization to states, which would give states the power to generate, transmit, and distribute electricity for themselves.
He further stated that means and adequate infrastructure should be provided for seamless transmission and distribution of the energy generated.
“There is an urgent need to remove the entire electricity value chain from the exclusive list and grant states the power to generate, transmit, and distribute electricity for themselves”.
“I firmly believe that an industrial dispute with the Federal Government in the nation’s capital should not affect industrial activities in any of the states or cities in the country”.
“Even as we focus on investments in additional generation, there is a compelling need for capacity in the complementary transmission and distribution infrastructure to transport the supplementary energy produced”.
“Considering that energy opportunities exist in different parts of the country, our strategy should involve a viable mix of renewable (hydro, solar, wind, and biofuels) and non-renewable (coal, gas) sources”.
“I wish to restate my earlier recommendation to encourage private investors to invest in developing multiple greenfield mini-grid transmission systems to be linked into the super-grid in the medium to long term”, he further emphasized.
