PROBLEMS AND SOCIAL EFFECTS OF VANDALIZATION OF GOVERNMENT UTILITY INSTALLATIONS (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL ELECTRIC POWER AUTHORITY) N.E.P.A ENUGU DISTRICT
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PROBLEMS AND
SOCIAL EFFECTS OF VANDALIZATION OF GOVERNMENT UTILITY INSTALLATIONS (A CASE
STUDY OF NATIONAL ELECTRIC POWER AUTHORITY) N.E.P.A ENUGU DISTRICT
CHAPTER ONE
1.1 GENERAL BACKGROUND TO THE SUBJECT MATTER
Social
amenities such as power generation, pipe borne water, telephone services and
other utility installations are services which make life pleasant for the
citizenry. The absence in the country is a serious matter in the social life of
modern men. This accounts for the product management of establishment that
handles these services in countries where of the citizenry is a priority.
Here
inNigeria, it is difficult to fathom what position these services occupy in its
scale of preference going by the epileptic manner in which they are rendered.
Vandalization
and outright theft of public property here become the role rather than
exception. The sad fact is that NEPA whose services are so crucial to the
nation, is the most susceptible attacks from saboteurs. Its network of cables
and other materials for electricity generation and distribution are basically
over ground and are spread throughout the country making it not protected in
most cases. As a result daring thieves strict anytime to sabotage electricity
cables, circuits breakers, nuts, bolts, angle irons of transmission towers.
The national
electric power, authority (NEPA) which is an establishment that handles the
services of power generation, transmission, distribution and sales be briefly
said its origin. Electricity power generation development inNigeriastarted
towards the closing year of the last century when the first generating plant
was installed in the city ofLagosin 1898. From this date onwards and until
1950, the pattern of electricity development was in the form of individual electricity
undertaking set-up at various towns, some of them by the federal government
under the jurisdiction of the public works department and some by the native
authority and one or two large municipal authorities.
In 1950, in
order to integrate power development and make it effectives, the government
passed the electricity corporation ofNigeriaordinance No 15 of 1950. This
ordinance brought under one control the electricity undertaking section of the
public works department and all these undertakings which were under native
authority or municipal ownership and control.
The
electricity corporation ofNigeriausually referred to as “ECN” then become the
statutory body responsible for generation transmission, distribution and sales
of electricity to all consumers inNigeria.
The Niger
Denis Authority was established by an Act of parliament in 1962. The authority
was responsible for the construction and maintenance of dams and other on the
River Nile and elsewhere, generating electricity by means of water power construction
of the Kainji Dam which began March 1964 was on schedule in December 1968.
In
September, 1969 the federal military government decided to merge the
electricity corporation ofNigeria, and Niger Dams Authority into a simple body.
A year later, a Canadian firm of consultants “Shavno limited” was appointed to
look into the technical details of the merger. The report was submitted in
November 1971.
By decree N0
24 of 29th June, 1972 (Which become effective on 1st April 1972) the
electricity corporation of Nigeria (ECN) and Nigeria Dams Authority (NDA) were
merged to become the national electric power authority (NEPA). The actual
merger did not take place until 6th January, 1973 when a general manager was
appointed. The decree stimulated that the authority is to develop and maintain
an efficient co-coordinated and economical system of electricity supply for all
part of the federation.
The affairs
of the authority is min by mines members board whose members and chairman are
appointed by the federal military government through the federal ministry of
mines and power. The board is to lay down the policy of the authority and the
chief executive sees to it that all decision of the board are efficiently
executed.
The day to
day managing of affairs lies in the hands of the general manager. It presents
his activities are grouped under six functional divisions such headed by an
assistant general manager. The divisions are administration, engineering
commercial, operation and finance.
TheEnugudistrict
of the authority which is the researcher case study is headed by a district
manager.
Other
sub-divisional heads include senior manager distribution, senior manager sales,
senior manager accounts and senior manager administration.
1.2 PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
SUBJECT MATTER
This study
entitled “problem and social affects of vandalization of government utility
installations” attempt top identity among other things, the problems of
vandalization to the citizenry ofNigeria, to the establishment that handles
electricity generation and distribution and to the government ofNigeria:
(a) That in recent years the rate of
vandalization has increased;
(b) That many has lost their live in an
attempt to carry out vandalization exercise.
(c) That the authority concerned has spent hugs
sum of money in replacing those vandalized items,
(d) That many companies have closed down as a
result of vandalization of electricity connections in their locations;
(e) That community development has been hampered
due to incessant vandalization in tier areas.
(f) That apart from loss of comfort, resulting
from vandalization, replacement coat which would run into hundred million of
naira will be spent by the government.
(g) A prolonged power failure caused by
vandalization means that most companies have to spend external money on
generators in order to ensure a constant supply of light.
1.3
PROBLEMS THAT THE STUDY WILL BE CONCERNED WITH
The
researcher during the course of this study encountered a lot of problems among
which are:
(a) Time and financial constraints:
Time and financial requirements for a large scale research were not available
to the writer as at the time of study. It
would have required a substantial outlay and lot of time course the whole NEPA Districts and other organization
who has been experiencing these vandalization cases.
(b) Poor response to questionnaire:
Most of the people served questionnaires left them blank. A cross
interrogations revealed that many think information compute might be taken
seriously Inspite of the fact that the research work is purely for academic
purposes.
1.4
THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING THE AREA
In recent
time,Enugumetropolis and other major urban and rural in the state and nation in
general have rather increased activities of criminal who specialized in
cannibalizing and stealing of public utilities.
It is
gravely alarming that Inspite of the government’s sustained efforts at
providing these basic facilities of the overall benefits of citizens, some
evil-sanded people still relish in vandalizing them.
The aim of
the study is to make critical analysis and identify problems and effects of
vandalization and suggest measures to control it. The management and staff of
national electric power authority will find this work useful in their operation
on how to guide their installations. Also the government and the public who
usually suffer the cost of replacing the vandalized items would still value
this contribution as their guide in protecting further vandalization.
1.5
DEFINITIONS OF IMPORTANT TERMS
1. Vandalization: Stolen of public/government
property.
2. Cable:
Length of thick or strong rope of fibre or wire strands.
3. Electrocuted: Kill accidentally or put
to death by means of electric current.
4. Transmission line: It is a line being
transmitted news/radio or TV gear and drive which transmit power from the
engine.
5. Population: Number of people living in a
place, country, etc.
6. NEPA: National electric power authority.
7. Hospitality: Friendly and generous.
8. Priority: Being poor, right to have or do before others.
9. Installation: Place in a new position of
authority with the usual ceremony.
10. A military expedition with the purpose of
punishing rebels.
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