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"Synergy, Commitment Are Key to Global Energy Sustainability, Says Bounour

By Favour Ifeoluwa & Akinola Ajibade  The Chief Executive Officer, Egbin Power Plc, Mr Mohktar Bounour says global transition to cleaner energ and sustainable environment are achievable, as long as there is strong synergy and commitment among stakeholders in the value chain.  He spoke during the maiden edition of  Asharami Square in Lagos. This is an initiative introduced and implemented by the Sahara Group, in order to amplify discourse on energy sustainability through  media advocacy globally. He said: " Having analyzed the percentage of global greenhouse emissions attributed to sectors including electricity/heat production, agriculture/forestry and transportation, we are realised that there is need for synergy  and renewed commitment among stakeholders". According to him, Egbin Power has unwavering commitment to reduce carbon emissions and promotes sustainable energy sources, stressing that the need to depeening engagement and advocacy among stakeholders in
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Hopes, as CBN ready to fund Ikeja Electric's Metering Project

Hopes, as CBN ready to fund Ikeja Electric's  Metering Project


By Akinola Ajibade


Hopes on the horizon for customers in need of meters at Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company ( IEDC) as the Central Bank of Nigeria ( CBN) has promised to provide funds for the Phase One of the metering project of the company.

The Director of Development Finance, CBN, Yila Yusuf, said it is this  during a monitoring and evaluation tour of IKEDC facilities in Ikeja, Lagos, where he also expressed the bank’,s satisfaction with the projects executed with funds earlier disbursed.

He said:“Let me say that Ikeja Electricity is very innovative; we have followed some of the things you have done, especially providing electricity upward of 20 hours with different prices, among others.I think that’s the only way you can ensure that you run the DISCO well. I look at all the performance numbers, month by month and you have done excellently well, to be honest compared to the others.

“We will continue to task you as you go to Phase One from the Phase Zero metering.And we look forward to providing the requisite funding for that intervention, and we believe it will go a long way in ensuring that the market is not only liquid but electricity gets to consumers”

He promised that his bank  would design interventions that would sort out some of the challenges with the energy sector.

He  disclosed  that the bank, as part of its development finance effort, disbursed N8.83 trillion to different sectors, adding that 24 per cent of the funds went to the energy sector.

He also said energy was important for development and without energy (electricity), no country could grow on the path of sustainable development.

In her earlier remarks,the Chief Executive Officer of Ikeja Disco, Mrs Folake Soetan, implored the CBN team to expedite its intervention for the company.

She said:“The projects that we have executed so far were for 2021, and we are already in Q2 2022. So, in order to effectively execute the projects that we planned for 2022, we once again require your support as we have always done.

“For the National mass Metering Initiative, Phase Zero, for Ikeja Electric, we executed on time, we completed the number of metering that was required of us and we are very eager to start Phase One.So, I’m appealing once again for your support in helping us fast track that process. Opex (Operational Expenditure) is very key at this time”

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