{"id":26251,"date":"2020-11-11T12:28:36","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T11:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/?p=26251"},"modified":"2020-11-11T12:28:36","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T11:28:36","slug":"ministry-inaugurates-data-management-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/ministry-inaugurates-data-management-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry inaugurates data management platform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Moses Uwagbale&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Power has inaugurated the Central Data Management System (CDMS), a digital platform of the Nigeria Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Speaking at the occasion of the virtual launch of the platform on Tuesday, the Minister of Power, Mr Saleh Mamman, said the initiative was to digitise&nbsp;&nbsp;the nation\u2019s power sector.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>He said that the innovative would help tackle many of the major challenges that the nation\u2019s power sector is currently facing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is very remarkable to note that within just one year of starting the project; a lot of primary data have been gathered, classified and stored on the Nigeria SE4All web portal being launched today.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe 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,\u2019\u2019 he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Mamman said the platform had a satellite mapping of 350,000 settlement clusters; more than 3,000 settlement clusters remotely mapped with more than 2,600,000 buildings identified.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cAbout 50,000 kilometres of 33 kilovolts (kV) and 11kV power distribution lines being tracked across 21 states and the FCT.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>According to him, the CDMS also remotely monitors mini-grids nationwide to digitally assess their performance, using Application Programming Interface (API).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Mamman said the platform was to drive President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s 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.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>On his part, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Power, Mr Chinyeaka Ohaa, said that the platform would promote transparency and accountability in the power sector.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>He, therefore, called on the private sector and other stakeholders to key into this maiden initiative.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>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.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The German Ambassador to Nigeria, Ms Birgitt Ory, said having data for the power sector was key to promoting development.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cBuilding on a solid database of these concepts can help to develop economic and ecological opportunities, and thus become an engine of sustainable growth,\u201d she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The Country Director of GIZ in Nigeria &amp; ECOWAS, Ina Hommers, emphasised that in order to promote electricity access through public-private initiative, there was need for available data.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith the support of NESP in close cooperation with FMP and agencies across the sector, we have now mapped out the electricity situation in 22 states in Nigeria,\u201d she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Moses Uwagbale&nbsp; The Ministry of Power has inaugurated the Central Data Management System (CDMS), a digital platform of the Nigeria Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL).&nbsp; Speaking at the occasion of the virtual launch of the platform on Tuesday, the Minister of Power, Mr Saleh Mamman, said the initiative was to digitise&nbsp;&nbsp;the nation\u2019s power sector.&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[235,296],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-resources","category-social-economic","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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