Apparently concerned about the state of electric power supply across the country, the Senate recently summoned Chinedu Nebo, minister of power, Hajia Zainab Kuchi, minister of state for power and others to appear before its Committee on Power two weeks ago to explain why the problem of electricity supply has remained unabated in the country.
A recent survey by NOI Polls Limited, Nigeria’s leading opinion polling and research organisation, revealed that power outages experienced by Nigerians last month were worse than that of March.
At the meeting, Nebo, among other things, disclosed that nothing less than N335 billion was needed to have a robust super national grid network that would ensure uninterrupted and steady supply of electricity.
Nebo, who reportedly expressed worry over the decay in the sector, said most of the equipment available were old, adding that there was also a problem of acute shortage of able-bodied manpower.
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