Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu has charged Siemens contractors to get involved in the end to end activity plan of the Siemens Project under the Presidential Power Initiatives (PPI).
Adelabu gave the charge during his meeting with Siemens Contractors in his office on Monday.
The Minister, who noted that he has reviewed the project content, objective, and the milestone activity plan, disclosed that the project objective is laudable and desirable to achieve his ministerial mandate.
He, however, said that he is not completely impressed with the pace of the project activities as well as the structure of Siemens involvement.
Adelabu emphasised that, for a project of this magnitude and intent, given Siemens’ global reputation, they should be involved end to end in the activity plan.
He said that, for example, the Siemens role in the acquisition and installation of the twenty fixed and mobile substations should not be restricted to just procurement alone.
Siemens should be involved in the installation of these substations to boost power transmission and distribution infrastructures.
“Now that Siemens has confirmed the arrival and clearing of the substations, what happened to their installation. Why is this being delayed? There is no doubt that the installation of these substations will boost transmission and distribution stability and rehabilitation. I need further insight into the structuring of this project and my views will be expressed at the next project Steering Committee meeting.”
Adelabu, therefore, promised to visit the sites where these substations are assembled.
The meeting was attended by the Managing Director of Siemens Energy, Mr. Seun Suleiman, Siemens Energy Project Director, Mr. Sean Manley and Siemens Energy West African Head of Business Development, Mr. Oladayo Orolu.
The team briefed the Honourable Minister on the status of the project, timeline/milestone deliverables, and the challenges being encountered.
They also sought the support of the Minister to ensure an accelerated completion of the project, so that Nigerians can enjoy significant improvements in power supply.
The project focuses on improving power transmission and distribution infrastructures.
