The Presidential Mandate on Power -

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The availability of reliable Electric Power to the homes and businesses of our citizens has been one item in our national life that we have approached with so much hope and yet experienced so much frustration over the past decades. Various regimes, in the distant past, paid little attention to the sector but in the recent decades, subsequent regimes have put in billions of naira to reverse the neglect and mismanagement, which has characterised the sector.
 
As President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, I and my Vice President, Arc. Namadi Sambo, GCON, are conscious that what we do with the Nigerian electricity supply industry will go a long way in determining whether Nigeria remains in darkness or joins the rest of the world in the race for development.
 
Our commitment is to bring an end to our nation’s stunted growth and usher in the fresh air of prosperity by pursuing a new era of sector-wide reform which is driven by improved service delivery to every class of customers in the Nigerian electricity sector.
 
The full implementation of the Electric Power Sector Reform has been a key priority for this administration. We established the Presidential Action Committee (PACP) with a view to eliminate red tape and the often over-bureaucratic and inefficient nature of decision-making in government. I commend all members of the PACP, including key stakeholders and heads of institutions, namely, Principal Officers in the Presidency, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Honourable Minister of Finance, Honourable Minister of Petroleum Resources, Honourable Minister/Chairman of the National Planning Commission, Honourable Minister-of-State for Power, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, my Special Adviser on Power and my Senior Special Assistant on Special Projects.
 
The Presidential Task Force on Power is the engine room that drives the vision of the PACP. The Task Force has the mandate to develop the Roadmap and provide monitoring to ensure effective implementation of the plan. Their activities will introduce a greater degree of transparency to the way in which we implement the reforms and greater accountability on the part of those responsible.
 
In developing this Roadmap we have built on the solid foundation laid in 2001/2002 by the adoption of the National Electric Power Policy, and in 2005 with the promulgation of the Electric Power Sector Reform (EPSR) Act. This Roadmap heralds our advance to the final and very important stage in the reform process. This is the stage where we ensure that the fundamental changes to the ownership, control and regulation of the sector envisaged by the legislation are achieved and the downstream benefits are realised.
 
In the same way that the reforms in telecommunications sector paved the way for the benefits we all enjoy today, we believe that with diligent implementation and meticulous application of what this Roadmap provides, we will see an end to the chronic electric power supply shortages we know too well, and witness the birth of a modern, efficient, customer-focussed, private sector-driven electricity supply industry.
 
We have the will. This Roadmap shows the way.
 
Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR
President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
Federal Republic of Nigeria
 
References:
Download the executive summary of the Roadmap for Power Sector Reform
 
Download the full version of the Roadmap

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