Minister of Power Joseph Launches Anti-Vandalism Committee

The Minister of Power, Joseph, has established a ministerial committee aimed at preventing vandalism of power infrastructure to enhance the stability and reliability of electricity supply for households, businesses, and industries. This committee includes security and power sector stakeholders and is a response to ongoing attacks on generation, transmission, and distribution infrastructure, which disrupt electricity supply and increase repair costs.

The inaugural meeting featured Major General Adeyinka A. Famadewa, the Special Adviser to the President on Homeland Security, along with directors from the Office of the National Security Adviser, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and the Ministry of Power.

The committee's mandate involves defining institutional contributions to address the issue, enforcing existing laws against vandalism, deploying technology for asset protection, and promoting advocacy to prevent incidents. The committee will reconvene next week to assess progress, with expectations of fewer outages and improved protection for investments in the power sector.