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NEMSA Inspects 21,681 Electricity Installations, Certifies 13,154

Seeks establishment of electricity offences tribunal

by Nse Anthony - Uko
1 year ago
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The Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA) has inspected and tested over 21,681 electricity installations, certified 13,154 of them, and monitored 16,624 electricity networks as at March 31, 2024.

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The agency has also inspected and certified over 4,921 factories, hazardous installations, and public places

Also, it is seeking the establishment of an electricity offences tribunal for faster dispensation of electricity related offences.

The managing director of NEMSA, Aliyu Tahir, who made this known in Abuja on Thursday at a news conference , said that the tribunal should have an in-built appeal system.

Tahir said that NEMSA in house-counsel should be vested with powers to prosecute electricity offences.

“The establishment of this tribunal will assist NEMSA to enforce its mandate of ensuring that electrical materials, equipment and instruments used in the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) are of standard and specifications.

“The sanctioning of violators is a long process as it involves several steps .To fast- track the prosecution, this tribunal will go a long in ensuring that violators are effectively prosecuted

“The establishment of this tribunal is not under NEMSA Purveyor and we have made a submission to the legislature on this, ‘’ he said.

According to him, as at March 31, NEMSA had inspected and tested 21, 681 electricity installations projects out of which 13, 154 were certified.

He said that 16, 624 electricity networks were monitored, adding that about 4, 921 factories, hazardous installations and public places were inspected, tested and certified fit,

Tahir said that 2, 655,488 electricity meters were also tested and calibrated and 487 incidences were investigated.

The managing director said that NEMSA was taking several measures to enhance its enforcement activities.

He listed the measures to include the development of the Nigerian electrical and construction guidelines manuals, provision of the state-of-the art equipment for meter test statistics, expansion of NEMSA facilities across the nation.

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Others, he said were the completion and inauguration of a new National Meter Test  Station (NMTS) and the opening of a new Inspectorate Field Office (IFO) in Enugu.

“Construction of a new NMTS in Kano  and Benin city, establishment of new inspectorate field offices in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Minna, Niger, Dutse, Jigawa,Oshodi Lagos,  Owerri, Imo and Bauchi.

“NEMSA had issued an enforcement notice to Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos), to disconnect from their networks all structures within the Right-of-Way(ROW) of transmission and distribution lines nationwide, ‘’ he said.

 

Tahir assured Nigerians of the agency’s determination to continue its statutory function of technical inspection, testing and certification of electrical materials in the NESI.

 

He, however, solicited the support of the media for effective coverage of NEMSA activities

 

 

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