The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has denied ever saying as the then Governor of Lagos State that if given a chance, he could fix the problem of electricity in Nigeria within six months.
Fashola, who was speaking during a programme on the Nigerian Television Authority Network on Tuesday, which was monitored by NE, urged those crediting the statement to him to stop peddling falsehood.
The minister challenged anyone with a recording of where he had boasted that he could provide regular electricity to Nigerians within six months to publish such, insisting that he had only promised that he could supply a community in the Lekki area of Lagos with power from an Independent Power Project in the state within six months with the permission to do so.
He said, “I have heard that I said that electricity problem will be solved in six months. I have never made the statement. Anybody who has a video of where I said this should please make it public. The point I made was when I was handing over the Lekki IPP because we had about 10 megawatts of power there.”
Yes you did not promise us that, but this is what u said 2014= A SERIOUS GOVERNMENT WILL FIXTHE POWER PROBLEM IN SIX MONTHS”- FASHOLA 2014
ReplyDeleteSo that shows the government ruling now is not serious right?
Wendy, he asked for a recording not your own interpretation
DeleteStynex please shut your foolish mouth...the statement Wendy made is exactly what fashola said,why do u want to feign ignorance...haba...
DeleteSince of denials.
ReplyDeleteWendy, did he say this personally to you? Can you quote the new paper that carried this news of yours or provide the recording footage of the event?
ReplyDeleteIf you truly want to deny that statement,then you are evil,and an idiot...
DeleteGovernor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, said the solution to the problem of power sector could be achieved in six months if the Distribution Companies, DISCOs, were ready to yield some percentages of their concessions to the state government.
ReplyDeleteFashola made this statement at the commissioning of the 1.2 kilometer Glover Road and 8.5 megawatts, Peninsula Integrated Power Project, PIPP, Lekki, Eti-Osa Local Government Area.
The governor, while commissioning the fifth IPP, said: “Let the EKO DISCOs sign a contract with me, giving part of their concessioning to the state government. In about six to eight months, there will be power in all homes in Lagos State.
“So, let no one say that he has no money to deliver power for the entire country. This is the limit to which the law allows us to do, but we have done this to make a statement that power can be generated.
God made your party to win so that we can know how helpless you are. You can only talk, you can't parform.
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