Energy and Power
Jos DISCO urge customers to protect installations, says there’s zero budget for vandalized installations
The Management of Jos Electricity Distribution Plc has called on customers in their franchise states of Bauchi, Benue, Gombe and Plateau to help in the fight against energy theft.
The company made the call at the weekend through the Bauchi Regional Manager, Alhaji Auwalu Banajada at the Electricity Consumer Forum, Double 4 International Conference Centre, Old Jos Road, GRA Bauchi.
Banajada disclosed that apart from the activities of vandals, energy theft remains the worst challenge bedeviling the company.
According to him, Jos Electricity Distribution Plc had lost billions of naira on a monthly basis so far because of the nefarious activities of energy thieves and vandals.
In his words, “energy theft has been a major problem in this business. You see someone in a community tampering with elevator installations and no one bothered to challenge or ask him questions. It should not be so”.
He admonished community leaders not to remain adamant and complacent in the fight against energy theft and vandalism saying, “as a result of your refusal to safeguarding electricity installations in your domains, these facilities will be destroyed and it is both the company and the communities that suffers. The community will be in darkness until what was vandalised was replaced. And this could take time”, adding, “JED PLC has zero budget for vandalised items”.
He therefore urged customers to take ownership of electricity installations in their domains by exhibiting vigilance on electricity facilities.
“Do not allow unauthorised access to electricity facilities located in your areas. If you see any suspicious movement, kindly ask to know the identity of the person and if you are not satisfied, arrest the person and hand him or her over to security agents and let us know. We should not fold our hands and allow unscrupulous elements in the society destroyed what collectively belongs to us”, he counselled.
Babajada who also lamented that a lot of customers were indebted to the company to the tune of several billions of naira urged customers to endeavour to pay for their consumed energies as according to him their non payment was negatively affecting the operations of the company.
According to him, “since the introduction of the Service Reflective Tariff, JED Plc has tremendously improved on its services to her customers. We have been supplying electricity faithfully to our customers based on the category of Bands they belong to and it is therefore expected that customers should reciprocate our efforts by timeously paying for the energy that they consumed. If you don’t pay for energy consumed, how do we pay those in the value chain “.
The Regional Manager who commended the Bauchi State Government as well as the Bauchi Emirate Council for constantly coming to their aid each time their attentions were sought called on members of the public to take advantage of the current National Mass Metering Programme to get their premises metered free of charge.
He charged customers to report anybody demanding money from them for the purpose of metering.
He advised customers with complaints about over billings to channel their complaints through any of the company offices or it social media handles assuring that complaints would be expeditiously attended to.
Meanwhile, the Sarkin Turuwun, Alhaji Mohammed Turuwun has commended the Regional Management of Jos Electricity Distribution Plc in Bauchi for rendering quality and effective services to the people of Bauchi State.
The Traditional ruler who said that the company had improved tremendously in the area of uninterrupted power supply and prompt response to customers complaints urged the company to sustain the tempo.
Also speaking, former permanent Secretary in the state, Alhaji Hassan Adamu also commended JED PLC for their prompt response to complaints.
“Whenever our transformer had issues or there are problems and we complained, they will expeditiously attend to us”, he said.
Alhaji Adamu who is currently the Chairman of the Bauchi State Nomadic Education promised to mobilise his people in Shira Local Government Area towards safeguarding electricity installations in the area.
In the same vein, another retired Permanent Secretary, Alhaji Musa Abdullahi Yashi from Alkaleri Local Government Area who also commended Jos Electricity Distribution Plc for improved services said that the regular sensitization of customers by the company was worthy of commendation.
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of executive and non-executive members for the newly established Nigerian Independent System Operator, NISO.
In a statement issued on Wednesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Informaion and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga in Abuja, listed the names of members as, Adesegun Olugbade as the board chairman, while Abdu Mohammed Bello was appointed the Managing Director.
Four other Executive Directors are Engineer Nafisatu Asabe Ali for Systems Operation, Engineer Shehu Abba-Aliyu for Systems Planning, Dr. Edmund Eje for Market Operations, and Mr. Babajide Ibironke for Finance and Corporate Services.
According to the statement, the Non-Executive Directors include Lamu Audu, representing Generation; Folake Soetan for Distribution; Tajudeen Giwa-Osagie as Market Expert; Sule Ahmed Abdulaziz for Transmission, and Alhaji Mahmuda Mamman, Permanent Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Power.
“The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) will finalise the recruitment process.
“These appointments align with the Electricity Act of 2023. They followed a memorandum from Vice President Kashim Shettima and a rigorous selection process conducted by the Independent Board Nomination Committee (IBNC) in collaboration with Phillips Consulting Limited.
“The creation of NISO fulfils a key mandate of the Electricity Act (2023), which requires the unbundling of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) into a Transmission System Provider (TSP) and an Independent System Operator (ISO).
“The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) officially established NISO on April 30, 2024. The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) and the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) are its subscribers, each holding equal equity shares.”
The Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN), through its Energy Management Systems project, has trained stakeholders in various Ministries and Agencies in Nigeria to enhance industrial energy performance and promote resource-efficient, cleaner production.
The training took place in Abuja on Monday.
The ECN said the initiative is implemented through programmatic approaches and the promotion of innovation in clean technology solutions.
Speaking during the event, the ECN Director General, Dr. Mustapha Abdullahi, stated that the aim of the training was to promote innovation in clean technology solutions under the NIG IEE/RECP Project, which is supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
According to him, the project is also targeted at strengthening national industrial energy efficiency (IEE) policies and regulatory frameworks to encourage the adoption of UNIDO’s Energy Management Systems Standards (EnMS/ISO 50001) in Nigeria.
The Director General said, “With the increase in energy prices and the environmental impacts of energy consumption, there is a growing need for balanced energy usage and effective energy management to minimize energy wastage. It is therefore commendable that this timely training on Energy Management Systems (EnMS) is organized to present a systematic framework for establishing policies, processes, procedures, and specific energy-related tasks aimed at meeting an organization’s energy-saving targets.”
Also, the Program Coordinator for Environment and Energy at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) for Nigeria and ECOWAS, Mr. Oluyomi Banjo, commended the ECN for organizing the training.
He said, “Globally, industries account for one-third of total energy consumption and almost 40% of worldwide COz emissions. The need to reduce energy consumption, environmental degradation, and resource depletion by industries in emerging economies is particularly urgent. Since 1990, global growth in industrial production has been dominated by emerging economies like India and China, which together accounted for over 80% of increased industrial production during this period.
“This project was collectively developed and submitted by UNIDO on behalf of Nigeria in 2017 under the Global Environment Facility (GEF) 6 programming cycle. It was approved for full project development in 2017 and subsequently for full project implementation in 2020. It may interest you to know that, for the first time at UNIDO, we are integrating industrial energy efficiency with resource efficiency and cleaner production in a single project. In South Africa, UNIDO’s project on Industrial Energy Efficiency recently received the Best Project of the Year award from the Southern Africa Energy Efficiency Confederation. We look forward to replicating such achievements in Nigeria.”
“The outcome of this project is targeted at industries, aiming to develop an expert base in Nigeria that could also be exported to other countries in Africa and beyond.”
The Rural Electricity Agency (REA), in partnership with the Adamawa State Government, is set to convene the REA – Adamawa State Strategic Roundtable theme “Empowering Adamawa: Unlocking Private Sector Opportunities in Distributed Renewable Energy”, scheduled for the 3rd of March, 2025 at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. The Agency invites frontline stakeholders in the clean energy ecosystem, including private sector players and development finance institutions to this strategic, solution-focused Roundtable.
In line with the Agency’s ongoing State-by-State initiative designed to exploit the tenets of the 2023 Electricity Act, passed into Law by His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, the Agency has sustained its drive to deliver on the objectives of the futuristic Act, while strengthening the National Electrification and Strategy Implementation Plan (NESIP).
Leaning on the strategic efforts of the Honourable Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, the REA State-by-State Strategic Roundtables continue to serve as a veritable tool and a meeting point to facilitate impactful partnerships between active stakeholders in the energy sector while exploring opportunities for the growth of the state electricity markets.
Having convened five Roundtables with five State Governments, the Agency is now working in lockstep with the Adamawa State Government, at the behest of His Excellency, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Finitri, and the Managing Director of the REA, Abba Abubakar Aliyu, to facilitate structured, data-driven commitments for people-centred infrastructural development through innovation and sustainability in Adamawa State’s electricity market.
The State Government, under the leadership of Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has advanced efforts towards strengthening its electricity market, including the planned establishment of Independent Power Plants across the state and the set-up of the Adamawa State Electricity Commission tasked with regulating the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity in the State.
The 2023 Electricity Act, having aided the decentralization of the nation’s electricity sector has given State Governments the regulatory freedom over their respective electricity market.
Leaning on the mandate of the REA as well as the Agency’s technical and strategic expertise, the REA – Adamawa State Strategic Roundtable will serve as an opportunity to exploit the tenets of the NESIP; strengthening PPPs for data-driven clean energy projects in Adamawa state; supporting the State’s efforts on improved electricity distribution and renewable energy integration; exploring investment opportunities in Adamawa State Electricity market and exploring technology options for improved, sustainable energy access in the State.
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