The Managing Director of the Nigeria Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA), Mr. Peter Eweso, has assured there will be no room for dealers in substandard materials in the industry going forward.
The decision to remove such operators from the sector, he said was to ensure steady supply of power. He said dealers on fake electricity equipment should be prepared to stay out of business because the agency cannot condone the importation of substandard equipment into the country.
Speaking to newsmen in Abuja, Eweso said NEMSA has concluded plans to outlaw wooden poles to forestall bad installation practices in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI).
He said the move became necessary to stop increasing accidents caused by bad wooden poles in the nation’s power sector. According to him, there is no where good, well treated wooden poles that can stand the test of time are produced in the country, stressing that banning the use of wooden poles was one of the first things the agency would do in 2016.
“I want to tell you there are some bad installation practices in this country. We are going to make sure we outlaw some of them. I will give you one; you will find out that we have what we call firewood type of wooden poles. Today in Nigeria there is no where you have good factory producing good, well treated poles.
“The simple reason is that these unscrupulous wooden pole producers produce poles that are cheap because they have not been treated. There are procedures for treating wooden poles. So, we are going to outlaw the use of wooden poles in 2016. It will be one of the first things we are going to do, because bad wooden poles have caused a lot of accidents in the power sector,” he stated.
Eweso also said NEMSA was intensifying collaboration with the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), the Consumer Protection Council (CPC), and other relevant agencies to ensure that defective electrical equipment do not find their way into the country, pointing out that electrical accidents can be reduced to the barest minimum if practices are done according to the rule, and also meet the international best practices in the industry.
He said the agency must ensure that any new project that is going to be embarked upon this year must meet the international best practices, according to the design and specifications, with respect to planning and execution.
He added that part of the plans for the year was to create a platform that would enable every Nigerian to easily report any impending danger through easy information to NEMSA.
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