Power regulator tasks manufacturers on quality electricity equipment

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Mr Peter Ewesor, Managing Director, Electricity Management Service (EMS) Ltd., on Monday urged indigenous electricity equipment manufacturers to insist on quality that would leverage the socio-economic growth of Nigeria.

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Ewesor made the appeal in Lagos during the company’s visit to some electricity manufacturing companies in the state.

He said the essence of the visit was to create a synergy with the two Electricity Distribution Companies in Lagos on ways to stabilise power supply and engender the use of quality equipment in their operations.

Ewesor said the company was saddled with the responsibility of ensuring the use of quality equipment by the electricity distribution companies in Nigeria.

According to him, we are poised to ensure local manufacturing strive in the country and that indigenous meter companies in Nigeria are supported,

“No meter imported into the country will be allowed to go straight into installation without passing through the test for validation.

“There is need for distribution companies to promote indigenous meter manufacturing companies.

“We should not allow foreigners to take over our local market in meter manufacturing,’’ he said.

Ewesor said that the Nigerian Electricity Power Sector Reform Act 2005 provided for the EMS which has been incorporated as a government-owned limited liability company under the ministry of power.

He said the importance of establishing EMS was informed by the need to have a professional and technical agency of government at this crucial stage of the power sector reform to close up technical gaps.

Ewesor said that EMS must be able to provide the needed services to drive support and sustain the emerging private sector-led electricity industry in Nigeria.

“The mandate of the company, according to the minister, includes providing all needed ancillary and support services to the Nigerian electricity supply industry which include engineering laboratory, meter test stations, central stores system as well as testing and certification of major electrical equipment.

“Other activities include providing the platform for standardisation in the industry, archiving the power sector data and information management,’’ he said.

He also said the newly inaugurated EMS would not receive all the subventions it needed to work from the government as it was expected to make profit for its operation and for the national treasury

Babatunde Akinsola
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Babatunde Akinsola is aNaija247news' Southwest editor. He's based in Lagos and writes on the Yoruba Nation political issues, news and investigative reports

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