Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, says President
Bola Tinubu’s vision is to achieve constant power supply in the country in the
next seven years.
El-Rufai spoke on Tuesday when he was screened by the senate
as a ministerial nominee.
Abdulaziz Yari, senator representing Zamfara west, asked
el-Rufai how he intends to confront the crisis in the energy sector if he is
named minister of power.
The former Kaduna governor said Tinubu is determined to
address the nation’s electricity problems head-on by putting permanent
solutions in place.
He noted that the power supply challenge in Nigeria has
defied every government for 60 years.
“It has defied every president,” he said.
“Tinubu is committed to ensuring that Nigeria has a stable
and reliable electricity supply.
“The president’s
vision is that within seven years we will not have power outages in this
country.”
El-Rufai said without constant electricity, serious
industrialisation cannot take place in the country.
He said because he has a dream of achieving constant power
supply in Africa’s largest economy, Tinubu has requested that he works with him
to address the challenge.
“And I will do my best,” he said.
El-Rufai said to improve power generation, the country must
look into what is constraining the full production of electricity.
He identified insufficient gas supply as a major problem
bedevilling power generation.
“Generation stations cannot produce because of poor supply
of gas. Eighty percent of our generation is from gas and the rest is hydro. The
gas-fired station often doesn’t have a supply of gas,” he said.
“There are power stations that have been completed three
years ago but have produced nothing because there is no gas supply. You must
ensure that gas and power are together under one roof.”
The former governor also said the entire nation’s power
transmission infrastructure must be put in good shape.
“We need to close the loop in our transmission system,” he
added.
The country has faced a power crisis in years with the
national grid known for experiencing disruptions. The grid collapsed in
February, May, July, and August 2021, and 2022.
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
Let PHCN just restore voltage from morning till night, then we can tell whether they're serious or not.
ReplyDeleteThis evil way of bringing light for an hour and taking it for 3 to 4 days must stop.
There are some cankerworms that needs to be dealt with before solution can be realized in power sector. They're enjoying the dividend of corruption, so also in other sectors
ReplyDeleteLier. Lier. you have started again. The way you deceive the people of Kaduna, Now its your turn to deceive the people of Nigeria. Anybody who believe him is for his own peril
ReplyDeleteHe did not deceived anybody rather he played politics and some miscreants a lesson. The earlier people avoid religious and regional politics to issue based one the better. Elrufau is fine intelligent politician that every leader would want to work with
ReplyDeleteA round of applause
DeleteLiar El-Rufai has come to replace Liar Mohammed .... Same people
ReplyDelete