The
Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing strives to improve the country’s
power supply, it is also making budgetary proposals for the purchase, maintenance
and fuelling of generators at its headquarters and various agencies.
An analysis of the 2019 budget
proposal of the FMPWH that was recently submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari
to the National Assembly showed that the ministry and its agencies had proposed
to spend N167.96m this year on the purchase, maintenance and fuelling of
generators/plants.
Nigeria
currently generates and distributes an average of 4,000 megawatts of
electricity and the sector is still suffering from a serious liquidity crisis
despite being privatised since November 1, 2013.
The 2019 budget proposal revealed
that at the headquarters of the power ministry, a total sum of N26.6m was
budgeted for maintenance of plants/generators, while plant/generator fuel cost
was put at N16.3m.
The
FMPWH headquarters also made a budget proposal of N50m for the purchase of
generators.
The National Rural
Electrification Agency proposed to spend N488, 000 on the maintenance of plants
and generators, while N1.55m was budgeted as fuel cost for its plants and
generators.
In its 2019 budget proposal,
the Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency’s headquarters proposed to
spend N2m on maintenance of plants and generators. It plans to spend N4m to
fuel the plants and generators in 2019.
The National Power Training
Institute made a proposal of N1.5m for the maintenance of plants and generators
and intends to spend another N1.5m for the fuelling of the equipment.
The Nigeria Electricity
Liability Management Limited proposed N2.3m and N3.31m for the maintenance and
fuel cost of plants/generators respectively, while the Office of the
Surveyor-General of the Federation, under the works arm of the FMPWH, proposed
N3.1m and N5.84m for the maintenance and fuelling of its plants/generators in
the 2019 fiscal year.
The Federal School of Survey, Uyo, only budgeted for the
maintenance of generators/plants at a cost of N1m, while the Federal Road
Maintenance Agency’s proposal for maintenance of plants/generators and fuel
cost were put at N1.62m and N10.59m respectively.
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