Minister of Power, Chinedu Nebo, yesterday, inaugurated a technical investigative panel on system collapse to ascertain the major causes of power failure and proffer solution to mitigate future occurrences.
The panel, which is the first of its kind in the power sector, is expected to complete its assignment within two weeks.
It is also to determine the immediate and remote causes of system collapse, review system collapses that had occurred from January to date, review performance and effectiveness of the grid’s protection system in the period under review, consider any other system collapse related issue and recommend measures to further strengthen the protection mechanism.
Speaking at the inauguration, Nebo said “the government under President Goodluck Jonathan has consistently made efforts to improve infrastructure in the transmission network with project under the NIPP to close the gap in the existing networks nearing completion”.
Chairman of the panel, F. N. A Olapade, assured the minister of commitment from the team, urging members to brainstorm to meet the objectives the panel was set up.
Olapade said panel members would take cognisance of every factor involved, including man-made factors and the ‘acts of god’ as they affected systems collapses.
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