“There should be adequate enlightenment because it is only consumers that understand the sector and what their rights are.’’
“It is important to commend the resilience and capabilities of manufacturers in the country.”
“This is through deployment of solar home systems and mini grids to households.”
Mr Adelabu noted that the hike in the new tariff has led to a reduction in the energy cost for consumers in the band by 30 to 40 per cent.
The federal government has announced the addition of 625 MW of power to the national grid, increasing the grid’s wheeling capacity to 4800 MW.
“We have all been overseas before; we know how conscious the power consumers are about electricity consumption,” he added.
He said customers under the other bands will soon experience similar tariff hikes as the government moves to remove electricity subsidy in the sector.
Mr Adelabu bemoaned the rising cases of vandalism of power assets across the country.
”We have to think out of the box to achieve energy sufficiency.”
He said that the issue of power infrastructure vandalism and theft was one of the sector’s current problems.
