Expert Tasks FG On Power Recovery Programme

The Pesident, Daramol Power Consulting Company, Mr Idris Mohammed, has called on the Federal Government and other stakeholders to embark on full implementation of the new power sector recovery programme.
Mohammed made the call in an interview with newsmen in Abuja, Friday.
He said the call for the full implementation of the new power recovery road map became necessary given the non-implementation of previous well articulated road maps designed to develop the sector.
“We have had several power sector road maps in the past, there was one designed by the presidential committee on power during President Goodluck Jonathan’s time. It started during Prof. Bath Nnaji’s tenure as the chairman of the transition committee.
“And then also Dagogo Jack was also the head of presidential task force on power.
“Each time they designed power road map, somehow, the implementation is not executed in its entirety.
The new one that the minister of power, works and housing is actually  trying to initiate now is also the same as the previous ones-there is no fundermental change from what we have  had before.
“What we need is for the government to declare a state of emergency in the power sector.
“If the government keeps saying it will be designing road map and then the implementation will not be carried out in its entirety, it is not addressing the issue”.
Mohammed also said it was important for the sector to be given full priority above other sectors, given its pivotal role to the development of the nation’s economy.
“The Federal Government should remove the issue of power from the ministry. It should domicile it in the office of the president, and the president should appoint a sole administrator who will be reporting to him.
Mohammed also advocated for an overhaul of the transmission infrastructure in the country, noting  that the reliable transmission infrastructure in the country were those developed by the Niger-Delta Power Holding Company.
“Right now the distribution companies do not have  any competitor that you can compare their performance with”.