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 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.
(NAN)
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