The Ministry of Power, while receiving the National Executive Members of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, said that it will collaborate with the NSE to improve power generation, transmission, and distribution in the country.

Minister of Power, Mr Sale Mamman, made this in a statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media and Communications to the Minister, Mr Aaron Artimas.

Mamman called on Nigerian engineers to make innovations or designs for various engineering activities as a way of establishing their own standard.

 ”Nigeria cannot continue to rely on foreign designs because the country’s engineers have not established their own,” he said.

The minister blamed the inefficient transmission and distribution of electricity in the country on obsolete equipment.

 Earlier, the President of the NSE, Mr Babagana Mohammed said that in view of the lingering epileptic power supply in the country, the society has constituted an Ad Hoc committee.

Mohammed said that the committee would carry out a holistic study and assessment of the problems associated with the generation, transmission, and distribution of power in Nigeria.

He said that the initiative was meant to complement the efforts of the government to truthfully revitalize the energy sector.

Mohammed said that the NSE and the ministry of power have a collective duty and responsibility to provide lasting solutions to the power supply problem in Nigeria.

He said that society has offered five years of scholarships to some secondary school students. The News Agency of Nigeria NAN reports that the Federal Government plans to inject N198.27 billion on various capital projects in the power sector across Nigeria in 2021.

(NAN)