The Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo, has expressed regret that the sector’s neglect has been as a result of wrong perceptions that the power sector is a social welfare service.
He observed that it was only in 1999, with the return of Nigeria to democracy, that the gross neglect got addressed. For instance, he said that although, for 17 years, no single engineer was hired in the power sector, this huge gap created in the sector as a result of low human capacity was being bridged with the ongoing recruitment of young Nigerian engineers.
The minister made this known while answering questions on the African Independent Television Programme: ‘’90 Minutes,’’ with the focus: Power Sector: Can Nigeria get it right, monitored in Abuja.
Professor Nebo, who said the current power generation was more than 4,000MW, further disclosed that before President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, the country was producing just over 2,000MW.
He said “from 2,000MW in 2010 to the current 4,500MW, is this not achievement?”
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