The Presidential candidate of the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar has recommended his campaign policy document to President Bola Tinubu as a way of getting Nigeria out of the perennial blackouts.
He said: “I still believe that my solution, as encapsulated in my Policy Document, ‘My Covenant with Nigerians’, remains the most proactive plan to lead our country out of perennial darkness.
In a statement today, October 26, Atiku noted that electricity power crisis in Nigeria has continued to be a matter of immense concern, saying that the situation is worst in both the Southeast and the entire states of the Northwest and Northeast that have been in complete blackouts in the past three weeks.
He stressed the urgent need to remove the entire electricity value chain from the exclusive list and grant states the power to generate, transmit, and distribute electricity for themselves.
“I firmly believe that an industrial dispute with the Federal Government in the nation’s capital should not affect industrial activities in any of the states or cities of the country.
“Even as we focus on investments in additional generation, there’s a compelling need for capacity for the complementary transmission and distribution infrastructure to transport the supplementary energy produced.
“Considering that energy opportunities exist in different parts of the country, our strategy should be a viable mix of renewable (hydro, solar, wind and biofuels) and non-renewable (coal, gas).”
He restated his earlier recommendation to encourage private investors to invest in developing multiple green-field mini-grid transmission systems to be looped into the super-grid in the medium to long term.
