In the heat of glaring epilectic power supply Nigeria is battling with, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has a different story, insisting that right thinking Nigerians know that power situation has improved tremendously in the country.
According to him, Nigerians now get more volumes of electricity supplied to their homes and offices, adding that at the moment, most commercial and residential consumers of electricity have packed up their alternative power supply sources for grid electricity due to the huge success of the latter.
Speaking during the April 2018 edition of the monthly power sector operators meeting in Umuahia, Abia state, the Minister claimed Nigerians now spend less money to procure alternative power.
“We are on a journey to a destination of promise and eventual prosperity and I use this occasion to salute the efforts and contributions of all those who have brought us this far.
“Even those who were most vocal in condemnation when the situation appeared very dire are now uttering some muted acknowledgment that it has improved.
‘We must continue to draw inspiration from well-meaning and right thinking Nigerians who were gracious enough to publicly acknowledge that they are saving some money from diesel they used to spend for generators; they are running their generators for fewer hours; and they are getting comparably more power than before,” Fashola said.
“It is because of those gracious and well-meaning and right thinking Nigerians that we must dig deeper, work harder and be more determined to improve service delivery,” he added.
