FG Assures Of Stable Power Supply By October 2014

The Federal Government of Nigeria
made a highly-controversial
statement on August 29, 2014,
Friday, promising to ensure stable
power supply by October 2014.
This has been contained in the
statement by the Minister of Power
Prof Chinedu Nebo, who declared at
the State House, Abuja, while briefing
the newsmen upon the termination
of a meeting hosted by Vice
President Namadi Sambo.
The minister attributed the
improvement to the fact of improved
gas supply for Nigeria. He explained
that repair and maintenance works at
major facilities were coming to an
end.
Prof Nebo also informed that the FG
was doing its best to ensure that the
bills of power generating companies
were paid promptly.
“We hope that by the beginning of
October, we will see a much better
stabilisation of the entire power
delivery system in the country.”
The Minister of Power informed that
the power generation had been
averaging over 4,500MW. Extra
reliability and stability are expected
when about 300MW of spilling is
included.
In April 2014 this parameter
exceeded 4,100MW .
“We are advancing, we are making
progress and we will continue to
make progress,” the minister
concluded.
However, this declaration triggered
mixed reactions.
“Promises, promises, lies and more
lies… What do we believe?” a
former FCT Minister, Nasir El-Rufai,
wondered in his post on Facebook.