VP stresses need for adequate information on power

Posted: Wednesday, July 28, 2010
 
The Vice President, Mohammed Namadi Sambo, has stressed the need for adequate communication on power to Nigerians, to inform them on the reality of the situation. Arc. Sambo said this yesterday when Presidential Task Force on Power presented report on the road map of power supply in the country in the State House, Abuja .
He said Nigerians have the right to know what is going on in the power sector as this affects them and their social well being. He commended the Task Force for a thorough presentation, saying “the road map, if judiciously executed, will achieve a lot for Nigerians in terms of electricity provision.”
 He reiterated the readiness of financial institutions willing to partner with the Federal Government on power, adding that every weight should not be placed on appropriated funds as other social services need such funds for socio-economic development.
 The vice president charged the Task Force to bring forward issues of National infrastructural development which are important to the public, ensuring that due process would be followed in executing them.
 He also charged the Group Managing Director of the NNPC to come up with a strategy that could generate avenues of funding gas related issues, as this is a major component in the power sector.
 Earlier, the Presidential Adviser on Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji, in his presentation, gave the fuel-to-power availability, availability of generation capacity, transmission and distribution capacities of power in the year 2010 and beyond.
 The report also set targets and keys to meeting the targets in gas supply on the Western and Eastern axis. It explains the short term risks and dependencies as well as effects of temporary shut down of gas plants for upgrading/maintenance and challenges for distribution, among many others.