NEMSA to Phase Out Use of Wooden Poles for Electricity Transmission

Managing Director of National Electricity Management Service Agency (NEMSA), Mr Peter Ewesor, has said that the organisation will phase out the use of wooden poles for electricity installation across the country within the year.

The NEMSA MD, who made this known in Abuja on Thursday during an interaction with newsmen, however said only wooden poles that have been certified by NEMSA as good and qualified for the process will be permitted to be used to install electricity.

According to him, the agency had finished arrangements to partner organisations, such as Standards Organisation of Nigeria and Federal Fire Service, to ensure that issues that concerned fire and standards were monitored.

Ewesor listed materials to be monitored by the organisations for electricity installation to include cables, transformers and meters.

He further stated, that in places like Ibadan, Oyo State and Benin, Edo State, the agency discovered substandard materials, such as cables and transformers, installed for customers by contractors but the agency disapproved such installations.

He said NEMSA was not leaving any stone unturned to encourage local meter and transformer manufacturers to produce the materials locally in order to develop the nation’s economy, and urged all electricity users in Nigeria to ensure that they followed all rules and standards in the electricity sector.