Some Experts in the power sector have commended President Bola Tinubu on some of the ongoing reforms in the sector. The experts, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, said that the Tinubu-led administration had brought a lot of reforms to the sector. However, he said that there was still roomfor improvement.
Mr Kunle Olubiyo, President, Nigeria Consumer Protection Network (NCPN), said that from May 2023 to date, there had been a lot of reforms by the present administration in the power sector. Olubiyo said that given power to states to operate their own electricity sector was a good development and a welcome idea. “Before now, it was only the Federal Government that has the power to generate, transmit and distribute power.
“But now due to the fact, that President Tinubu assented to Electricity Act, 2023, states now have the power to establish their own electricity agencies. “This further speaks to issues that have been raised concerning true federalism and the evolution of power because we are a federating state. This is a major milestone and game changer, ‘’ he said According to him, the recent deregulating of metering process by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) was the right step in the right direction.
“Most of the problem we have been having had to do with metering, there have been lot of the leakages or gaps in the process of acquiring meters. “By deregulating the metering sub sector, it is going to help an.
