The Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, has blamed poor coordination and fragmentation within Nigeria’s power sector for slowing the delivery of reliable electricity to Nigerians.
Tegbe spoke on Monday in Abuja during the announcement of the Off-Grid Stakeholder Coordination initiative.
The minister, who was represented at the event by his Chief of Staff, Adelabu, said the fragmented structure of the power sector had created duplicated efforts, missed investment opportunities and delays in expanding electricity access.
“Fragmentation is the quiet tax every under coordinated sector pays: in duplicated effort, missed investment opportunities, and slower delivery of power to the Nigerians who need it most,” he said.
Tegbe said stronger coordination among stakeholders would be necessary to accelerate electrification and ensure available resources were deployed more effectively.
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The Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency, Abba Aliyu, also called for the establishment of a centralised platform to improve coordination within Nigeria’s growing off-grid energy sector.
Aliyu said the proposed Off-Grid Sector Coordination Secretariat would provide a structured platform for government institutions, development partners, private-sector operators and other stakeholders to align their activities.
“As Nigeria’s off-grid energy sector continues to expand in scale, investment, and institutional participation, there is an increasing need to establish an Off-Grid Sector Coordination Secretariat,” he said.
According to him, the platform would help stakeholders identify existing projects, coordinate investments and allocate resources more efficiently.
The proposed coordination mechanism is expected to bring together relevant government agencies, development partners and private operators involved in off-grid electricity projects.
The initiative comes as Nigeria continues to seek ways of expanding electricity access, particularly through decentralised and off-grid energy solutions for communities that remain underserved by the national grid.
