The Federal Government says it has concluded plans to commence the distribution of energy efficient bulbs and phase out high energy consuming ones currently in circulation in the country.
The distribution of the energy efficient bulbs, according to the Minister of Energy, Prof. Bart Nnaji, will commence by first week of June.
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Nnaji, who stated this while speaking with newsmen in Enugu at the Power Summit, also gave an assurance that the planned electricity tariff increase that would be implemented on June 1 would not be across the board.
He said the Federal Government would provide subsidy for some categories of electricity consumers because it recognised that some people would not be able to pay the new tariff.
According to the minister, energy efficient bulbs are better though a bit more expensive than the current bulbs that Nigerians are using because they consume less.
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Nnaji said energy efficient bulbs would help Nigerians save more than 80 per cent of their current electricity bills.
He said, “We are going to inaugurate the Energy Efficiency Programme in this country in the next three weeks. The EEP means that we are going to get bulbs; energy efficient bulbs; and then take the energy inefficient bulbs from users and destroy them.
“The energy efficient bulbs are more expensive than your current bulbs, but you will be saving more than 80 per cent of your electricity.”
The minister added, “If you have a 60-watts bulb, you will get the same lightening with a 12-watts bulb. This is something that is coming by the first week of June this year and what it does is that it releases more power to everybody. You will pay even less.
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“So, for those of you who are going to get the energy efficient bulbs, you will pay much less for electricity in addition to the subsidy being provided by the government.”
Nnaji also disclosed that in a few years time when the government would no longer provide subsidy, a tariff structure that would make customers who could pay to subsidise those that could not pay would be put in place.
He said that government had directed that all the electricity generation recovery projects must be completed within six months.
Culled:247nigerianewsupdate
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