Prof Chinedu Nebo, Power Minister
Anayo Okolie
Chairman of Bresson A.S. Nigeria, Mr. Gbenga Olawepo, has commended the milestones so far achieved by the federal government in reforming the power sector, especially as reflected in the successful privatisation of the electricity distribution (DISCOS) and generating companies (GENCOS).
Olawepo, whose firm is building the first state-of-the-art 90mw power plant at Magboro, the Lagos corridor of Ogun State, gave the commendation in Abuja at the weekend while leading his company’s experts for consultations with the Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo, stressing that if the “current momentum is sustained power outage should be a thing of the past in Nigeria in five years on.”
According to Olawepo, ‘”the reform rests on two legs; privatisation of operation of existing companies and the promotion of independent power generation through Greenfield IPPs. We need to see more support for the IPPs to come on stream. They are the ones that are bringing additional capacities.”
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