FOR the umpteenth time a people living in darkness have been promised that gloom will give way to light by December 2013. Ordinarily, the pledge would have elicited unrivaled enthusiasm across the country, given that light would finally shine in a land overshadowed by darkness, but the reverse is the case.
Reason: The pledge of improved power generation and distribution, is now worth ten a penny. At a time when the 6,000 megawatts promise in the last dispensation is yet to translate into improvement in the power sector, Nigerians were yet again told that come December this year, Nigeria would experience an improved power supply.
This, according to the Minister, would guarantee 18 hours of uninterrupted power supply in every part of the country.
"We envisage 10,000 megawatts by December 2014. With our short term, long term and immediate strategies that we have in place, in addition to working assiduously with other stakeholders in the power sector, we will get there. We have the NIPP work going on, and the Niger Delta Power Company coming up for commissioning by December 2013; we look forward to 10, 000 megawatts come December 2014," Nebo stated while briefing the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party ,PDP, on the activities of his ministry.
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