Abuja
The journey toward strengthening the Nigerian power sector,through system for improved performance, has been boosted with the inauguration of the Central Data Management System (CDMS),which will serve ad a digital platform of the Nigeria Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL).
At the virtual launching of the platform on Tuesday, the Minister of Power, Mr Saleh Mamman, said the initiative was aimed at digitising the nation’s power sector.
He expressed optimism that the innovative would help in tackling many of the major challenges that the nation’s power sector confronting the country.
The minister described as very remarkable, one year of starting the project, adding that a lot of primary data had been gathered, classified and stored on the Nigeria SE4All web portal launched at the occasion.
“The online platform, CDMS aims to offer the most accurate data and latest tools that empower data-driven electrification planning under the domain nigeriase4all.gov.ng,’’ he said.
Mamman said the platform has a satellite mapping of 350,000 settlement clusters; more than 3,000 settlement clusters, remotely mapped with more than 2,600,000 buildings identified.
He added that about 50,000 kilometers of 33 kilovolts (kV) and 11kV power distribution lines were being tracked across 21 states and the FCT.
He also disclosed at the event that the CDMS also remotely monitors mini-grids nationwide to digitally assess their performance, using Application Programming Interface (API).
Mamman said the platform was to drive President Muhammadu Buhari’s Electricity Vision 30:30:30 and to deliver 30,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity by 2030, with at least 30 per cent coming from renewable energy.
Contributing, the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mr Chinyeaka Ohaa, who said that the platform would promote transparency and accountability in the power sector, called on the private sector and other stakeholders to key into this maiden initiative.
The Head of Cooperation, European Union Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Mr. Kurt Cornelis, said the CDMS would provide the government, investors and project developers with accurate data for market intelligence and planning.
Also in her remarks,the German Ambassador to Nigeria, Ms Birgitt Ory, said having data for the power sector was key to promoting development.
“Building on a solid database of these concepts can help to develop economic and ecological opportunities, and thus become an engine of sustainable growth,” she said.
The Reporters gathered that the project is supported by the European Union (EU) and the German government and conducted in the framework of the Nigerian Energy Support Programme (NESP).
