Port Harcourt Disco tops power sector's safety ranking
The ranking was the outcome of a directive by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola at the sector’s meeting in Shiroro Hydroelectric Plant, in Niger State.
The Minister had directed the Nigerian Electricity Management Services (NEMSA), Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trader, (NBET), and the Market Operator (TCN/ MO) to implement ranking criteria in order to assess the safety and payment performance of distribution companies.
Fashola concern was sequel to the spade of cases of electrocutions in locations in Eko and Abuja electricity distribution companies, although the families were compensated in record time.
A statement by the ministry in Abuja said Fashola was of the opinion that the sector should embark on system upgrade to reduce or totally eliminate this hazard, thereby reducing the incidence of electrocution and other related accidents.
To this end, “the Ministerial directive was complied with, hence for the month of May, Port Harcourt Disco has been ranked first in safety compliance category”.
The statement signed Director Press, Timothy Oyedeji noted that in order to assist Discos with the upgrade plans, the Minister directed them to take ownership of abandoned transformers and sub- stations in their domain.
This he assured will help them to energize their networks, thereby increasing availability of power supply to households.
Owing to obvious constraints, the ranking for payment performance will commence in June, hence the full ranking for metering loss reduction and service delivery will be made public in July, 2016.
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