The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Egbin branch, has tasked the Federal Government on effective supply of gas to power plants in the country.
Lanre Siddiq, Chairman of the branch, who stated this at the branch’s 2014 Engineering Week celebration in Lagos, reiterated that lack of gas supply was responsible for poor power supply in the country.
“Gas supply is causing a great problem for power plants in the country. By now, the country’s power generation would have increased a lot but due to insufficient gas supply, the power generation is dropping.
“Here in Egbin, for the past two weeks, we have been managing the little we have and that is why there is a drop in power generated at the station,” he said.
The chairman said that if the government could improve on gas supply to all the power plants in the country, there would be a tremendous improvement in electricity supply.
He urged the government to expand the existing grid, so that it could evacuate energy generated from all the power plants.
“Government should work in the area of National Grid expansion. For a long time now, the grid has been very weak, it needs to be expanded so that it will be able to effectively evacuate energy generated by the power plants,” he said.
Siddiq said that the Council for Regulation of Engineering (COREN) had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to phase out quackery in the system.
The chairman said that the NSE, Egbin Branch, was known for her dynamism and was well represented in national activities.
“We promote engineering learning and practice in our environment. The branch has also made great contributions in developing the technical capabilities of Egbin staff through workshops and seminars,” he added.
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