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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