By Adeola Yusuf (Lagos) and Obas Esiedesa, (Abuja)
The Federal Government on Monday admitted frustrations in its efforts
to fix the nation’s problematic power sector which are man-made, and age-long
neglect of the sector.
This followed revelations at the weekend by the Transmission Company of
Nigeria (TCN) that supply crashed to 2, 290 mega watt (MW), a situation the a
source at the ministry said is an embarrassment to the government.
Minister of Power, Chinedu Nebo said in Abuja while receiving the report of
technical investigative panel on system collapses headed by Fatai Olapade, urged
Nigerians to see and protect public infrastructure as their own.
He said the situation in the power sector is getting out of hand, calling for
the support of Nigerians in checking vandalism of the facilities being put in
place by the government.
According to the Minister, “it interesting to note that some of the causes of
system collapses could be corrected by very simple work that could be done
seemingly effortlessly.
“I will like to plead with the generality of our people to understand that we
are facing very difficult times in the power sector. Some of these problems are
man-made, some have accrued from years of under-funding and under-development of
the sector.
“And occasionally vandalism and sabotage, gas pipeline are vandalised as we
saw this weekend. I do hope that with time we will mature to a level where we
see infrastructure that is being put in place by government for the empowerment
of the people as a sacred trust that should not be abused,” he added.
Nebo urged Nigerians to stop acts and behaviour that impoverish the people,
adding that protecting public facilities is job for all, assuring that members
of the panel would be retained to implement their findings, and that the report
would not become another shelf document.
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