The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde
Raji Fashola (SAN); Professor of Robotics Engineering and former Minister of Power,
Barth Nnaji, and former Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Power, Godknows
Igali, are some of the high profile power industry experts that would speak at
the forthcoming Power Safety Summit and Exhibition on November 27 to 28, 2018,
in Abuja.
The summit, expected to attract stakeholders from
across the power sector value chain, both within and outside Nigeria, according
to the Media Adviser of the Summit, Charles Ozoemena, will take place at the
prestigious Nicon Luxury Hotel, Abuja.
Other confirmed speakers for the summit are Permanent
Secretary (Power), Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, Prof. Louis
Edozien; Chief Executive, Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency
(NEMSA), Peter Ewesor, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Nigerian
Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Professor James Momoh, and Managing
Director and Chief Executive, Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), Chiedu
Ugbo.
Also, Chairman, Senate Committee on Power, Senator
Enyinnaya Abaribe; Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer, Abuja
Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), Engr. Ernest Mupwaya; Director Risks
and Compliance of AEDC, Mulenga Collins Chabuka; the Commandant-General Nigeria
Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Alhaji, Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu
among others are also expected to grace the event.
Chairmen of the sessions are: Managing Director
4Power Consortium, Mathew Edevbie; MD/CEO Transmission Company of Nigeria
(TCN), Mr. Usman Gur Mohammed; Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of
MOJEC, Ms Chantelle Moji Abdul, and Group Head (Generation) of Sahara Energy
Group, Mike Uzoigwe.
The Power Safety summit, according to the
organisers, is endorsed by the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing;
Nigeria Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA); Nigeria Electricity
Regulation Commission (NERC) and Transmission Company of Nigeria.
Others are the Niger Delta Power Holding Company
(NDPHC), Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Association of Power Generation
Companies (APGC), Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED),
Licence Electrical Contractors Association of Nigeria (LECAN) and Electricity
Meter Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (EMMAN).
According to Ozoemena, the summit which was earlier
postponed due to some circumstances would witness the gathering of key players of
power utility companies from across the world, Health, Safety and Environment
(HSE) professionals, engineers, top government functionaries, regulatory agencies,
the organised private sector, consumers of electricity and other critical
stakeholders to appraise issues of health, safety and environment in the power
sector value chain.
It was also learnt that the theme of the 2018 Power
Summit and Exhibition is ‘Vision Zero Incident in the Power Sector Value Chain’.
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