Power Problems And Protests Plague Uzbekistan
February 06, 2021 09:59 GMT
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It s been a tough winter in Uzbekistan thus far with unusually cold temperatures and heavy snow that put the country s aging energy infrastructure to the test.
It failed, resulting in an unusual number of protests by cold people living in dark homes who have heard government excuses for power outages for too many years.
The Protests
On January 21, amid a heavy snowstorm, the lights went out in parts of six of Uzbekistan s 12 provinces.
For those in the Khorezm, Navoi, Bukhara, Kashkadarya, Syrdarya, and Andijon provinces who were affected, it was hardly a surprise.
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January 26, 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Finance Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to release statutory funds due to the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) to enable it function optimally.
He also gave the agency a marching order to manufacture a Made-in-Nigeria helicopter.
Buhari,q who gave the directive Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja during a virtual meeting of the board of the agency, noted that NASENI is a mechanism to stimulate linkages between science and technology, academics and the industrial sector on the one hand and the country’s economic and industrial transformation on the other.
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President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to commence the process of releasing statutory funds due to the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) to enable it to fulfil its mandate.
He gave the directive, on Tuesday, at the presidential villa, Abuja during a virtual meeting of the board of the agency in which he is chairman, noting that NASENI is a mechanism to stimulate linkages between science and technology, academics and the industrial sector on the one hand and the country’s economic and industrial transformation on the other.