The Minister of Power, Works and
Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has advised Nigerians to collect the bribes
offered by politicians during the 2019 general elections.
He said the money had been stolen
from them and that voters should not reject such offer.
NAN reports that Fashola spoke
during the continuation of his neighborhood consultations/campaign for the
re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 to two wards in Surulere
Local Government of Lagos on Sunday.
Speaking on vote buying, he said,
“they would want to bribe you, if they bring the money collect it because it is
your money that they stashed away, but, don’t sell your conscience.
“You must make a sensible choice
in the interest of yourselves and your children.”
At his own ward G3, Fashola
reeled out the achievements of Buhari which included improved power supply.
He said that 108 metering
companies have been given licenses to supply meters to address problem of
discriminatory and arbitrary billing in the electricity sector.
“It is the solution of our
government by the President to intervene in the metering gaps, people were
licensed as Gencos and Discos.
“Discos have the contract to
supply meters and we hear the concerns of citizens now saying that they want
meters because their bills are going up.
“So the President and the Federal
Executive Council (FEC) approved the proposal for us supported by the law, the
Electric Power Sector Reform, with that, we can license new operators within a
licensed area.
“So this time, we are going to
create new businesses for meter suppliers under a Meter Asset Provider (MAP)
scheme. That policy has been approved.
“Nigerian Electricity Regulatory
Commission (NERC) has made the regulations around which it will work; 108
companies, small businesses that will also create employments because those
companies are now going to be the suppliers of meters.
“They are going to employ people
to install the meters, they are going to buy meters, they are going to make
meters,’’ he said.
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