{"id":42066,"date":"2015-09-17T20:57:40","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T19:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=42066"},"modified":"2015-09-17T20:57:40","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T19:57:40","slug":"nerc-expresses-gratitude-to-jonathans-government-for-steady-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nerc-expresses-gratitude-to-jonathans-government-for-steady-power\/","title":{"rendered":"NERC expresses gratitude to Jonathan\u2019s Government for steady power"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mailview-right\" class=\"offset uibox\">\n<div id=\"messagecontent\">\n<div class=\"leftcol\">\n<div id=\"messagebody\">\n<div class=\"message-htmlpart\">\n<div class=\"rcmBody\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC has attributed the recent improvement in power supply in the country to the efforts made by the former President Goodluck Jonathan-led government.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an interview with Leadership Newspaper, the NERC Chairman, Sam Amadi stressed that a combination of activities and steps taken by the Jonathan administration had now yielded impressive results.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBut essentially, we have light because, one; it is a combination of several activities we have taken especially towards the end of last year,\u201d which is the Jonathan\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amadi disclosed that several meetings were held within that period, between the commission, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Chief Executive Officers, CEOs, of electricity generation, distribution and transmission companies, including government institutes like the Bureau of Public Enterprise, BPE, bulk traders and special task force on power.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cTherefore, what you are seeing is partly as a result of the success of those meetings because initially, we were more concerned with regulations. But now, since last year, we are now saying \u2018let\u2019s now sit back and look at how these regulations are working\u201d<br \/>\nIn addition, the NERC boss attributed the \u201cvery clear direction of reform\u201d, from President Obasanjo to President Jonathan, for the improvements seen now.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">NERC in a report earlier published by Post Nigeria, hinted that power generation in the country may increase to 5,500 megawatts by the end August pending the completion of the on-going repairs on gas supply pipelines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"message\" class=\"statusbar\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC has attributed the recent improvement in power supply in the country to the efforts made by the former President Goodluck Jonathan-led government. 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