The Minister of Power, Works and
Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has assured that the 10,000 megawatts target given
by President Muhammadu Buhari which is needed to supply the country with
adequate electricity will be met by 2019.
The former Lagos State Governor
gave the assurance while featuring on Channels Television's breakfast programme,
Sunrise Daily.
Fashola stated that on May 29,
2015, the amount of power available on the grid was 2,690 megawatts while on
May 29, 2017, the amount was 4,014 megawatts.
He also added that in February
2016 power grew to 5,074 megawatts.
According to Fashola, “Sometimes
when we sustain energy over 4,000 or 5,000 the feedback I get suggests to me
that if we added a little more, we might as well be getting a little closer,
but we must continue to work harder.
Attributing the drop in power to
attacks on pipeline vandalism, the Minister said, “We have had 16 consecutive
attacks on pipelines since we grew to 5,074 megawatts.”
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