Former Kano state governor and New Nigerian Peoples Party’s national leader, Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, has urged northern governors to seek for alternatiev sources of electricity.
The former lawmaker dislosed while reacting to the electricity blackout that hit northern states for the eight consecurive days.
Senator Kwankwaso wrote on his Facebook thus: “It is very disheartening that many parts of Northern Nigeria are in total darkness today due to vandalism on the important 330kV Shiroro-Kaduna power line that supplies the states of Kano and Kaduna and another line that supplies Bauchi, Gombe and other parts of the northeast.”
He said the situation has been further compounded by the high cost of petrol and diesel in Nigeria, which he said has further plunged homes into darkness and forced factories to close down.
He added that the time this crisis has taken to be addressed underscores the huge deficit of capacity our power sector has to address large scale problems adding that this must be addressed to avoid any future disruption.
Senator Kwankwaso further called on the northern states governors to look into alternative power sources to address energy demand, “It is about time that we look into alternative power sources to address our energy needs and we need to exploit the abundant resources available to this country.
I wish to encourage all state governments and private investors to invest in alternative electricity sources, just like we did in Kano by installing two turbines in the Challawa Gorge and Tiga Dams in order to reduce the reliance on our inadequate and aged energy sources,” he said.