The Japanese International Co-operation Agency (JICA) has further
demonstrated its support for the nation’s developmental agenda, as it
has unveiled a comprehensive master plan study on National Power
Development for its intervention activities in Nigeria.
The scope of the proposed study report will include all its
collaborative activities in the power sector, to cover the entire
country with a target year between 2015 and 2040 (25 years).
The study is to include power development planning, power demand
forecast generation planning (Thermal, Hydro), primary energy
analysis, Transmission Sub-station, Environmental and Social
consideration to mention but a few.
Speaking at the event, the Permanent Secretary, Power, Amb. Godknows
Igali, commended JICA for this initiative, stressing that this will
assist in the nation’s quest on how energy resources can be leverage
and be deplored to end users optimally.
He said that with the long term projection of the proposed master plan
study, he foresee that in the future JICA’s Report will assist Nigeria
to harmonize all energy related studies that are scattered here and
there, with the view to bringing them together, “our energy efficiency
efforts would have become realizable”, he noted.
Igali promised that Nigeria will not disappoint the Japanese, as the
people must have sacrificed a lot from their tax payers money, as huge
sum would be deplored into use for the benefit of Nigerians. He
called other stakeholders to make valuable inputs to the fill the
seeming gaps that may exist in the proposed document.
On his own part, he has observed that there are gaps in area of
identification of new hydro sites along Rivers Benue and Niger, also
there are no mention of solar development, gas, hydro and wind. He
stated that more attention is accorded transmission value chain
without concomitant attention to the two others – distribution and
generation value chain.
He said the Document will be more useful if JICA collaborates with
other Donor Agencies like World Bank, UNIDO, USAID, GIZ and indeed
relevant Government agencies.
On Human Resources component of the initiative, the Permanent
Secretary told the Japanese to do more than the proposed seminar in
which some Nigerians will be sponsored to Japan, to include
sustainable training modules that would empower Nigerians in what JICA
is doing.
Chief Representative of JICA, Nigeria office, Nakamura Hirotaka
identified the primary problem that informed the study; he said
epileptic power supply as major impediment to socio-economic growth of
the country and has formed the impetus for the assignment.
According to Director of Press, Timothy Oyedeji, JICA, will work
assiduously with relevant government agencies and development partners
to come up with workable document that will remove bottle-neck in the
nation’s quest for availability of power to Nigerians.
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