Give Nigerians power, not stories, Reps tell Power Minister, Aliyu

The House of Representatives Tuesday, told the Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, to do everything possible to make sure Nigerians enjoy constant power instead of giving the nations stories and rhetoric.

The Reps made this charge to Aliyu when they invited him to appear before the House Committee on Power to explain the rationale behind the recent nationwide power outages being experienced in the country.

The Chairman of the Committee, Magaji Da’u Aliyu, who addressed the Reps at the hearing, lamented the nonchalant attitude of the Ministry whenever there was a national emergency, and directed the  Power Minister to take measures that would immediately address the challenge.

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The Minister who was represented at the hearing by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Nebolisa Anoka, enumerated the challenges facing the sector which he said including low gas supply, low hydro levels, high cost of gas, as well as disequilibrium between power generation, transmission and distribution.

He, however, assured that all measures were being put in place to fix the problem and restore the power situation in the country. 

But the Committee Chairman said he was not satisfied with the explanation given by the Ministry as there was nothing to show in the presentation that the ministry was trying to resolve the problem as what they gave were mere speech and thesis.

The Committee, therefore, directed the Minister to return on Friday with more practical evidence of planned interventions.