The minister of power, works and housing,
Babatunde Fashola, says the power generation will
increase this year by 2 000 megawatts.
This is contained in a statement on Wednesday in
Abuja by Etore Thomas, an assistant director in the
ministry.
According to the statement, 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 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.
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