Nigeria’s power generation will increase by 2,000MW in 2016 – Fashola
The minister of power, works and
housing, Babatunde Fashola, says the power generation will increase this year
by 2,000 megawatts.
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| MINISTER OF POWER, WORKS AND HOUSING, MR BABATUNDE FASHOLA, INSPECTING THE KUKWABA POWER PROJECT NEAR THE GAMES VILLAGE, IN ABUJA ON FRIDAY (29/1/16). 29/1/2016/HF/BJO/NAN |
This is contained in a statement sent to the
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja by Etore Thomas, an
assistant director in the ministry.
According to the statement, Mr. Fashola made
the statement while defending the ministry’s budget before the Senate Committee
on Power and Mines.
It added that a lot had changed in the
management of power in the country in recent times.
The statement said the distribution of
power was no longer the government’s business, but had been taken over by
private companies.
It stated that government privatised power
generation with transmission aspect being managed by Manitoba International of
Canada at present.
According to the statement, the 2016 budget
focuses more on the transmission, completion of on-going projects, refurbishing
power plants and tackling gas supply issues.
The statement said if all these were
addressed, the expected projection would boost electricity generation in the
country.
It said the ministry planned to take its role
as a policy maker seriously while agencies would be tasked more on
implementation and execution of government’s agenda for the industry.
The statement quoted the chairman of the
committee, James Manager, as saying “the ministry should think out of the box
if it wanted to achieve its goals in the sector”.
The statement added that Nigerians would reap
from the sacrifices they incurred in increase in tariff by enjoying
uninterrupted power supply.
