mmediate past Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo, has said it is
wrong to attribute the improvement in electricity supply in the country
to “Buhari’s body language and resolve to fight corruption,” saying the
heavy investment of the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan in
the sector, has started to yield dividends for Nigerians.
He said the noticeable improvement in the power supply across the country under President Muhammadu Buhari was a reflection of what Jonathan did in the sector.
Professor Nebo, who spoke in Ikole-Ekiti, at the weekend, also appealed to the people from the South East to refrain from the castigation of President Buhari over perceived marginalisation of the region in the appointments he had made so far, saying he thought that such imbalance would be corrected in the subsequent appointments.
Nebo, who was the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), which has its Agriculture and Engineering faculties in Ikole-Ekiti, urged President Buhari to focus attention on “embedded power generation and strengthen the infrastructure for transmission for the dream of total resuscitation of the sector to be realisable.”
“Some said it was Buhari’s body language that brought the improvement but I didn’t know what they meant. You can see that these saboteurs have stopped regular bursting of the gas pipes that powered the electricity since President Buhari came on board. Some people did not want Jonathan to succeed.
“Some of these people were doing this great disservice because they did not like President Jonathan. The regular supply is Jonathan’s labour. The present administration has not added any value to the sector and Nigerians must appreciate this,” he said.
Speaking further on the need for a wholesome revamp of the power sector, the former minister said “President Buhari will do wonders if he strengthens embedded generation and build more infrastructure for transmission of power. “He should also change the threshold for licensing from one megawatt to 5 megawatts because the former has no incentive for investors and I believe Nigeria will leapfrog from 4,000mgws to something more appreciable if this is done.”
He warned people to desist from using Nigeria’s diversity to cause crisis in the system, saying “the greatest strength we have in this country is our diversity and it should be used for the benefit of all rather using it to cause more confusion in the system.”
He said the noticeable improvement in the power supply across the country under President Muhammadu Buhari was a reflection of what Jonathan did in the sector.
Professor Nebo, who spoke in Ikole-Ekiti, at the weekend, also appealed to the people from the South East to refrain from the castigation of President Buhari over perceived marginalisation of the region in the appointments he had made so far, saying he thought that such imbalance would be corrected in the subsequent appointments.
Nebo, who was the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), which has its Agriculture and Engineering faculties in Ikole-Ekiti, urged President Buhari to focus attention on “embedded power generation and strengthen the infrastructure for transmission for the dream of total resuscitation of the sector to be realisable.”
“Some said it was Buhari’s body language that brought the improvement but I didn’t know what they meant. You can see that these saboteurs have stopped regular bursting of the gas pipes that powered the electricity since President Buhari came on board. Some people did not want Jonathan to succeed.
“Some of these people were doing this great disservice because they did not like President Jonathan. The regular supply is Jonathan’s labour. The present administration has not added any value to the sector and Nigerians must appreciate this,” he said.
Speaking further on the need for a wholesome revamp of the power sector, the former minister said “President Buhari will do wonders if he strengthens embedded generation and build more infrastructure for transmission of power. “He should also change the threshold for licensing from one megawatt to 5 megawatts because the former has no incentive for investors and I believe Nigeria will leapfrog from 4,000mgws to something more appreciable if this is done.”
He warned people to desist from using Nigeria’s diversity to cause crisis in the system, saying “the greatest strength we have in this country is our diversity and it should be used for the benefit of all rather using it to cause more confusion in the system.”
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