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Olabode Adaramola<\/p>\n

Stakeholders meet over power allocation to Niger<\/p>\n

Stakeholders, which include Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), representatives of Kainji, Shiroro power stations and the Niger state government met yesterday\u00a0 at the Government House, Minna, the state capital to chart\u00a0 a new course for improved power allocation to the state.<\/p>\n

National Wire\u00a0 however observed that the representatives of the transmission companies were absent at the meeting<\/p>\n

AEDC\u2019s Head, Corporate Communications,\u00a0 Mr. Oyebode Babs Fadipe told journalists at the sidelines of the meeting in an interview that stakeholders have agreed\u00a0 that there was a fundamental problem of inadequacy of power generation, but stressed that the logjam requires a \u00a0national solution.
\n\u201cAs it is now everything generated in Nigeria goes into\u00a0 a common pool\u00a0 and\u00a0 in the pool system, AEDC is entitled to just 11.5percent\u00a0 of whatever is generated\u00a0 at every point in time in this country . So, it is from that 11.5percent\u00a0 that we have to serve Niger state, the Federal Capital Territory , Abuja, we have\u00a0 to start serve Kogi and we have to start serving Nasarawa state,\u201d he explained.<\/p>

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He said the allegation that AEDC was diverting whatever allocation meant for Niger state elsewhere was untrue, emphasizing\u00a0 that \u201celectricity is something you cannot store .\u00a0 The worse that can happen is that you shut down Niger state, and that is not tenable because\u00a0 it is impossible to shut down a whole state.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said one of the ways out of the problems inadequate power supply\u00a0 especially as it concerns Niger state was an enactment of a new\u00a0 legislation that would give special consideration on power allocation to states hosting the hydro-power dams.<\/p>\n

He also advocated for political solution by host communities through special appeal to the presidency for consideration, stressing that current privatization law was however defective because it was\u00a0 silent on special consideration to host communities.<\/p>\n

“As it is now the Niger state government can write to the presidency to get political solution. We know that there is problem in Niger state and that is the essence of this stakeholders meeting. All the power generation company owners are at this meeting except the transmission company’s representatives “, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Olabode Adaramola Stakeholders meet over power allocation to Niger Stakeholders, which include Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), representatives of Kainji, Shiroro power stations and the Niger state government met yesterday\u00a0 at the Government House, Minna, the state capital to chart\u00a0 a new course for improved power allocation to the state. 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