Diversify Energy Source Now

Apart from the comfort associated with light as it gives consumers the leaverage to condition the air and the general outlook of their environment, the economic investor needs electric energy to power his machines for high productivity. In short, electricity propels industrialisation.
In the face of this high demand for electricity, power outage in Nigeria has continuously become a household name. The electricity generating and distributing companies have lived with excuses why consumers should not have light as at when due.
While some parts of the country have little or no access to the national grid, in other areas, electricity is only available for short and varying periods of the day. The consequences of this abysmal service delivery for Nigeria’s economic development are quite enormous. It has contributed in crippling the agricultural, industrial and mining sectors, just as it significantly impedes the country’s economic development on daily basis.
This ugly situation may likely persist if unchecked. Hence, I call on the Federal Government to, as a matter of necessity and urgency, diversify the energy sources in domestic, commercial, and industrial sectors and adopt new available technologies so as to guarantee access to modern energy services.
Edidiong Iyang-Ete,
Abak