The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has assured Nigerians that all the problems bedevilling the sector would soon be a thing of the past as president Bola Tinubu has given a mandate that would change the narrative in the sector.
Speaking during the inspection of federal government-owned Ihovbor plants in Benin City, Edo State on Friday, February 23, the minister said his ministry would push for the removal of all hindrances that had prevented the power plant from operating maximally, and put it at disadvantage against plants owned by the private sector.
“Like I have mentioned in a number of my past interviews, the militating fact is the shortage in gas supply which we are working on and the good news I would like to mention here is that, succour is close to us.
Relief is closed to these power plants as the Federal Government with the Federal Ministry of Finance, the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning and the Federal Ministry of Power; we have met with the Mr. president and he has mandated us to go and work out how we are going to defray the outstanding debts being owed,” he said.