The Chairman of Momas Electricity Meter Manufacturing Company (MEMMCOL), Mr. Kola Balogun, has called for the decentralisation of the single national grid system, arguing that it is no longer efficient and sustainable.
Balogun advised the new Minister of Power, Mr Abubakar Aliyu, to chart a new roadmap to address the generation, distribution and transmission challenges in the power sector, calling on the minister to engage in consultation with stakeholders and come up with a comprehensive roadmap that will transform the sector.
He gave the advice at a session with journalists in Lagos, saying there was need for a roadmap that would clearly define the goals of the power sector after seven years of privatisation without achieving the desired results.
Balogun said: “Why do we continue to have a single grid that binds all of us together? We need to separate it in such a way that any state or local government can go into power generation and distribution to people within its area.
“If the power being generated is not enough, they can even buy from the national grid. So, power generation and distribution should be removed from the exclusive list and moved to the concurrent list.
