'No enough power to go round,' - Babatunde Fashola says.
Minister of Power Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said the current power in the country is not enough to go round.
He
explained why there have been power outages in some parts of the
country, saying four turbines stopped working, but added that three of
them have now been restored.
“Yesterday
morning we had some outages in Jebba but I am happy to report now that
all the four turbines that were down, three have been restored, so there
is stability now," Fashola said.
“It is
important why the power coming from Aba is defining, its part of what
I’ve spoken about. There is not enough power in the country.
“So how do you share what is not enough such that everybody gets enough? Its difficult, if not impossible.
“So what we need to do is to get more power on. So about 200 megawatts coming from there is good news for the market,” he said.
Fashola also blamed the shortage of electricity in the country on vandalism, theft and non-payment of bills.
“Everyone
of us must contribute something now to solve the problem; it a problem
we can solve. That will reduce the number of people who are contributing
to being the problem.
“So those who are
vandalizing electricity assets, those who are selling stolen cable,
those who are not paying their bills and those diverting electricity are
all problems,” he said.
The Minister however assured that the 10,000 megawatts target of President Muhammadu Buhari would be met.


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