POWER: REVIVE THE POWER SECTOR OR RESIGN....CD TELLS FASHOLA

The Campaign for Democracy, CD has expressed its concerns over the lingering epileptic power supply in parts of the country, particularly in the South East zone and has therefore, given the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) a 30 days ultimatum to revive the ailing power sector or, resign his appointment as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

 

In a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of CD, Dede Uzor A. Uzor in Onitsha, Anambra state, Friday 10th March, the group said Fashola has failed woefully to increase the megawatt from 4,320 where he met it since two years ago till date.

 

Rather, CD noted that Fashols allowed the megawatt to decrease to less than 1,000 at the moment, a situation which he said forced Nigerians to witness zero megawatt on January 30, this year with a total nationwide power blackout.

 

CD therefore suggests that the federal government should detach Works and Housing Ministries from the Power Ministry and hand them over to another Minister to oversee, as it will enable Fashola concentrate only on power which is presently the most important need of every average Nigerian.

 

It also asked Fashola to make available pre-paid meters to all Nigerians, particularly in the South East region within that 30-day ultimatum period to assist in checkmating estimated and crazy bills on poverty-stricken Nigerians, so as to controvert United Nations, UN’s recent prediction that Yemen, Sudan, Nigeria, Syria and other countries would face acute food shortage in the near future.