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“For e.g, btw Ogun & Lagos, we‘re putting 3 X 330kV substations & 2 X 132kV substations. If there‘s no investment on the part of Discos,how will they pick the load from that place? They need to build their injection substations & feeders to pick the load.“ punchng.com/dont-expect-st…
“One of the Discos said power distributors should go to the UK, S/Africa, to look at how distribution networks in those places work. And I told them that they didn’t need to go to the UK or SA. They (Discos) can go to COTONOU & they will see how a distribution network is built.“
“In Nigeria, you know that we have what we call cross arm, where they (Discos) put wood between the wires on distribution lines. But you won’t see a single cross arm in the whole of Cotonou. You have a straight and good distribution network there.”
“Any time you go to Cotonou and see that their power supply is stable, take it that it is the power we are generating that they are consuming and not from somewhere else. This is because more than 80% of electricity in Cotonou & Republic of Benin generally comes from [Nigeria].“
“We are not static. We are working. But the reality of the matter is that for us to have a modern grid, as we are on this journey to stabilise and modernise the grid, we also need commensurate investment from the side of the distribution companies.”
“The Discos were handed over to private investors in October 2013. Now, if you have a car that you have not serviced from Oct 2013 till date, you know if the car could do 100km then, I’m sure it will not be able to do more than 30km now. That is the kind of scenario we have now.”
