Imamuddeen Talba, the Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), speaks on the measures put in place by the Federal Government to solve power crisis in the country.
When you took over NERC, what were the structures you met on ground?
When I took over at the commission, there were certain structures on ground. The former management had already issued licences to Independent Power Project (IPP) stakeholders, it established a technical crew for operations in the industry while other regulatory frameworks were also established to ensure rapid development in the sector.
The sector has suffered over the years. What is your commission doing to improve electricity generation capacity to stimulate industrial growth and development, now and in the long-run?
I quite agree that the power sector has suffered over the years. The reason being that, there were no appreciable investments made by government from 1979 to about 1999; that caused a major decay in the sector. However, if you look at the initiative taken by the present administration, especially the current actions of President Goodluck Jonathan in making tangible investments and putting needed structures in place to revamp the sector for greater productivity, you would see that a lot has been done to turn the sector round.
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