By Chris Ochayi
ABUJA — The Federal Government, yesterday,
threatened to withdraw operational licences of
the electricity Distribution Companies, Discos,
that are rejecting electricity load allocations in
the country.
Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, who
issued the threat, while featuring at the 2014
Ministerial Platform to showcase his scorecard in
Abuja, blamed some Discos for refusing to stock
their warehouses with equipment to respond
speedily to customers’ demands.
Expressing disappointment over the
development, which makes it difficult for the
consumers to enjoy electricity supply, Nebo
therefore warned that, “from henceforth, any
Disco that rejects electricity load allocation
would be sanctioned or has its license
withdrawn.”
According to him, “the national grid is limited in
reach. The available electricity is insufficient to
meet existing power needs, in spite of shortage,
government is making effort to electrify the
rural communities.”
He said it was in a bid to bridge the electricity
deficit in the rural areas that the President
flagged off Operation Light Up Rural Nigeria
(OLRN) Initiative on January 13, 2014 at Durumi,
Shape and Waru in the FCT using renewable
energy.
The minister added that plans were underway to
replicate OLRN pilot across the 36 states of the
federation.
Nebo who pegged the current power generation
in the country at 4,600 megawatts said 5,500
megawatts of electricity would be achieved by
December end.
On stranded power in the country, Nebo said
government, in its efforts to get stranded power
unto the grid, identified a number of companies
willing to generate power and export to the grid.
The Federal Ministry of Power is coordinating the
process with its relevant agencies.
He explained that the companies are: Ajaokuta
Steel Company, 85mw; ALSCON, 100mw; Lafarge
Cement, 40mw; Obajana Cement Plc, 35mw;
Kaduna Refinery, 33.5mw; Geometric 22mw and
NESCO, 26mw respectively.
source: www.vanguardngr.com/2014/11/fg-threatens-withdraw-discos-licences-rejection-loading-allocations/

Hmmm

I have continually said it, we are getting right in the power sector. With the happenings now I see us having steady electricity come before 2017

NEBO is confused, it is the bills that are improving. Urban centers do not have light you want to take the inflated bills to rural people. See wickedness of the highest order.

dlox147:
I have continually said it, we are getting right in the power sector. With the happenings now I see us having steady electricity come before 2017

lol...I love the way you dream sha.

Smh....

Confused people. They rushed to sell the assets to themselves and their cronies now they can't seem to handle anything right.

Shame!!

dlox147:
I have continually said it, we are getting right in the power sector. With the happenings now I see us having steady electricity come before 2017

Oh my God! Did you even bother to read the contents at all?
Well, discos are making their money through estimated billings and fixed charges, I'm not really surprised by their rejection of additional load which means that if they accept this load, they will have pay for it. Their logic is why paying to have more load when they are actually making billions of naira without supplying any power.

Ok