Daga MAHDI MUSA MUHAMMAD
Duk da ƙarancin wutar lantarki da ke ci gaba da addabar miliyoyin ‘yan Nijeriya, Hukumar Wutar Lantarki ta Nijeriya (ECN) ta ce, samar da wutar lantarki ga ƙasashe makwabta irin su jamhuriyar Benin ya kasance wani muhimmin tsari na tattalin arziki.
A wata hira da gidan Talabijin na Channels, Darakta Janar na ECN, Mustafa Abdullahi, ya ce kusan kashi 6 na wutar lantarkin da Nijeriya ke samarwa ke zuwa Jamhuriyar Benin, galibi daga madatsun ruwa da ke kusa da kan iyaka.
“A wani lokaci, Jamhuriyar Benin ta so ta kafa dam kusa da namu, wanda zai haifar da cikas sosai. Tattaunawa don raba lantarki shi ne zaɓi mafi kyau,” inji Abdullahi.
Shugaban ECN ya bayyana cewa, kusan kashi 60 na ‘yan Nijeriya a halin yanzu suna samun wutar lantarki, inda kusan miliyan 85 suka rasa wuta. Yawan ƙarfin samar da wutar lantarki a ƙasar ya ƙaru daga megawatt 4,000 kafin shekarar 2023 zuwa megawatt 6,000, amma Abdullahi ya yarda cewa hakan ya yi ƙasa da kiyasin megawatt 35,000 da ake buƙata don isa ga ƙasa baki ɗaya.
Ya kuma ɗaura laifin rashin katsewar ababen more rayuwa a lokuta da dama, musamman tsofaffin layukan lantarki, da kuma yadda ake dogaro da iskar gas da magudanan ruwa na zamani.
A cewarsa, kashi 86 na makamashin da Nijeriya ke samu daga iskar gas ne, kashi 12 daga ruwa, kuma kashi 86 ne kawai daga hanyoyin da ake sabunta su.
Abdullahi ya ce, ECN na aiki don saurara kusan dukkanin ƙasar tare da inganta tsaftataccen tsarin wutar lantarki da ake samarwa a cikin gida kamar hasken rana da batura.
