In furtherance of its strategy to reposition the industrial sector to make Nigeria’s economy export driven, the Manufacturers

Association of Nigeria (MAN), has taken its power project to a new phase in three states of the federation.  The executive secretary of MAN, Ikeja branch, Mr. Segun Ajayi- Kadir, told  Sunday Vanguard that the project is already at advanced stage in  Lagos, Kano and Ogun states, stressing that the initiative was to ensure adequate supply of power for manufacturers doing business in different places in the country.

The MAN scribe said, “initially, it was a big  project,  but  later, we split it into smaller units across 12 states of the federation where MAN has branches.

The power crisis in the country constitutes a major hindrance to the development of industrial sector of the economy because manufacturers need constant supply of electricity to carry out their operations successfully.

The initiative of MAN’s power project was to allow our members in those states benefit from constant electricity. We are executing the project in partnership with expert power consultants to ensure efficiency. We want to use gas turbines and other power generating facilities to supply electricity in those 12 states.”

Apparently with the failure on the part of  Federal  Government to meet its target of 6,000megawatts of power generation last December, the industrial sector would still experience problem of erratic power supply. Sunday Vanguard  investigations revealed that the current generating capacity now stands at 3700mw, which is quite insufficient for consumption by over 140million people.