The
Chairman, Senate Committee on Power Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has
lauded Kaduna Electric's metering efforts even as he called on
Electricity Distribution Companies in the country to patronise
indigenous manufacturers of energy meters in order to support local
industries.
A
press statement by the Head, Corporate Communications of Kaduna
Electric, Abdulazeez Abdullahi revealed that the Senator made the
assertions in Kaduna during the Committee’s oversight duties to Kaduna
Electric, stressing that electricity distribution companies must key
into the on-going efforts to turn around the nation’s industrial sector.
Senator
Abaribe also commended the Management of Kaduna Electric for the
efforts made so far by the Company to improve on its operations. He
particularly expressed the Committee’s satisfaction with the meters
deployment programme currently being undertaking by Kaduna Electric in
Kaduna, Kebbi and Sokoto states.
According
to the Legislator, the current wide spread complaints about metering
would be drastically reduced if the distribution companies source their
meters locally. “Sourcing meters locally will fasten the Discos meters
deployment processes, support our industries, grow the economy and above
all, lessen the present foreign exchange challenges”, Senator Abaribe
contended.
He
also directed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission to make
available to the Committee the audited accounts of all the distribution
companies as soon as possible.
Earlier,
the Chief Engineering and Technical Services Officer of Kaduna Electric
who stood in for the Managing Director/CEO, Engineer Bello Musa
disclosed that the Company has procured fifty thousand meters and the
deployment of these meters is currently going-on in all the franchise
states of the Company. He also announced that another batch of fifty
thousand meters is being expected.
He
called on the senate to use the legislative instrument at its disposal
to ensure that MDAs debts are settled to provide the Nigerian
Electricity Supply Industry with the needed liquidity.
Other
members of the Committee that accompanied the chairman on the oversight
visit include Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi, Senator Olanrewaju Tejuosu,
Senator Mohammed Hassan and Senator Salau Ogembe.
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