Power grid collapse inevitable says FG

The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu on Wednesday stated that there is a need to have power grids in different regions or states to put an end to incessant grid collapses.

The minister stated this when he unveiled Hexing Livoltek, an electricity meter manufacturing company in the Lekki area of Lagos State.

According to Adelabu, grid collapses are almost inevitable in Nigeria given the deplorable state of the country’s power infrastructure to which having multiple power grids in each region and state would ensure stability.

He noted that the decentralisation of the power sector would help the plan to build grids in each region in accordance with the Electricity Act signed by President Bola Tinubu in 2023.

Adelabu emphasised that national grid would be inevitable without sufficient investment in the sector.