Utilise the Electricity Act, the NSE advises the government

State governors around the nation have been encouraged by the leadership of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, or NSE, to put systems in place that will allow them to produce electricity for the people.

The group urged the governors to urgently start the process of distributing power to their citizens, noting that the days of entirely relying on the national grids for power generation are progressively coming to an end.

Danladi Adamu, vice president of the NSE, revealed this on Tuesday while presenting a paper during the Jalingo branch’s 2023 Engineering Week.

He claims that state governors “don’t have to rely on the national grid before thinking of making power supply available to their people residing at various locations.”

He claimed that since the Electricity Act was passed, governors are now able to supply electricity to citizens without relying on the national grid.

To meet the goal, he advised them to collaborate with businesses or financiers with power generation experience.

Additionally, Adamu encouraged the Taraba State Government to promote Mambilla beverage to boost output. He asked the government to expand the tea farm, purchase more machinery, and build the Tunga Dam so the business could operate more productively and bring in money for the state.

The aforementioned tea company is reputed to be the biggest tea factory in West Africa and is situated on the Mambilla Plateau in the state’s Sardauna local government area.