Worried by the poor electricity supply across the country, an Onitsha-based industrialist, Linus Ezenkwu, has deplored the poor power supply in Nigeria, which is affecting the growth of industrialisation in Nigeria.
He noted that if the power sector was fixed, it would have ripple effects in the sense that plethora of local industrialists would expand the scope of their businesses and employ more youths to work in their factories.
He maintained that power, as the hub of every industrial system, was capable of solving about 75 percent of the nation’s unemployment rate, if the sector is working properly.
With 363 workers, the notable industrialist noted that his company was capable of absorbing more workers, if electricity and genuine attention to industrialisation was given their pride of place in the country.
He, however, expressed worry that estimated billing system by Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) was “killing” the spirit of industrialisation in Nigeria.
He called on the authorities to mandate the electricity distribution companies to provide consumers with pre-paid metres, so as to discourage unnecessary exploitation of electricity consumers by officials of EEDC.
He maintained that the provision of pre-paid metres would encourage hard work and healthy competition among consumers, noting that the role the Federal Government was playing, in the power sector, appearsed suspicious and worrisome to Nigerians.
