Chinedu Nebo, minister of power, on Wednesday approved the immediate constitution of a Technical Investigative Panel on system collapse.
This is contained in a statement signed by Godknows Igali, the permanent secretary in the ministry, in Abuja.
It said that the panel would be headed by Fatai Olapade, a retired director in the ministry with Jonathan Ogbonna, John Achefe and Imo Ekpo as members.
Other members are a representative of the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, a representative of the Electrical Inspectorate Services Department and a representative of the Department of Power.
Also included in the panel are Olukunle Olubiyi, president, Network for Energy Reform, a representative of power generation companies and representative of power distribution companies.
According to the statement, the action is necessitated by the recent unpleasant trend of system collapse in the country.
