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FLASHBACK: We Don t Have Power, Have Darkness Because We Have Incompetent People In Power, Fashola Said In 2015
The ex-governor who was listing state achievement on power, said the economy of Nigeria, as at then, was being managed by amateurs.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Apr 26, 2021
A video of former Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola, describing the administration of former President, Goodluck Jonathan, as incompetent and amateurish in the management of the country s economy has surfaced online.
Fashola, who was speaking at the 7th annual Bola Tinubu Colloquium in 2015, said the lack of adequate power supply in the country was because those who were managing the economy were incompetent.
8 power plants down, as power minister apologises for erratic electric supply
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By Chris Ochayi & Davies Iheamnachor
The Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, has apologised to Nigerians over the recent erratic power supply in the country, saying no fewer than power generating plants had broken down in the last few weeks
In a statement signed yesterday by his spokesman, Aaron Artimas, the minister said the breakdown of the plants was responsible for the poor power supply situation in the country.
He noted further that seven other thermal plants were battling with low gas shortages but assured that there were ongoing efforts to restore power to the affected areas in the country.
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The Federal Government on Thursday said nine power plants were currently shut down, as this was why power outages had persisted recently across the country.
Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, said this in series of tweets via his official Twitter handle, while his ministry also disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja by his media aide, Aaron Artimas.
The ministry said the power outages had been bedeviling Nigeria, as it explained reasons for the problem.
The statement read in part, “The Ministry of Power is not unaware of the current power outages and shortages bedeviling many parts of the country.
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Saleh Mamman, minister of power, has apologised to Nigerians over the recent erratic electricity supply in the country.
In a statement on Thursday, Aaron Artimas, the minister’s spokesperson, said the poor power supply is caused by the breakdown of eight power generation plants.
He further noted that seven other thermal plants are battling with low gas shortages.
The minister assured that there are ongoing efforts to restore electricity to the affected areas in the country.
“I sincerely regret the recent electricty outages across the Nation and the difficulties it has brought with it, and wish to assure my Fellow Nigerians that everyone involved is working assiduously to restore the National grid to its previous historical levels and exceed that,” Mamman said.