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FG Promises 10,000 Megawatts Of Power by Dec


Federal government, yesterday, disclosed the conclusion of plans to move from the present position of power generation of 4,500 to 10,000 megawatts by December.
"I don't subscribe to all these promises, generate the 10megaWatts of power first, FG in the past has never met their deadline with the promise, before the date you always come with one excuse or the other. I think its better you generate these megawatts before announcing it"

Minister of State for Power, Hajia Zainab Kuchi  before the Senate Committee on Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy, led by Senator Phillip Adudua, PDP, FCT, told the senators that the federal government had completed the process of privatization of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN.

Kuchi, who disclosed that N347 billion was required for increase in transmission of megawatts, said the generating and transmission companies could not be handed over yet as the ministry was poised to ensure that they were in good shape before their hand over to the successor companies.

She raised alarm that the handover had been hampered by lack of fund, adding that the ministry had been running on zero allocation.

The minister noted that some six months into the 2013 fiscal year, the Ministry of Power had been running on N5 billion, being the remnant of its 2012 allocation.

Hajia Kuchi assured that there would be no problem paying for labour, adding that government had enough in its coffers to pay by July.

Chairman, Senate Committee on Power, Senator Philip Aduda, who noted that Nigerians were no longer ready to take excuses for non-availability of electricity, said people were running of out of patience.

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