The Power, Works and Housing minister, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, has expressed his shock at the counter measures Nigerians practice while clamoring for better service delivery especially from the Power sector.
The power minister while speaking at the Buharimeter town hall meeting in Abuja said: “Yes, there is no power. But it does not mean there is no capacity to produce power. In February, we were able to meet 5,000 megawatts.”
He continued: “I don’t know any country that wants to have electricity that destroys its electricity infrastructure.
“People have even begun to remove bolts and nuts from tracks that had been laid for rail.
“There will be a time when we can not rely on gas solely. We think that methods, planning and coordination will take us to the society we want to live in.
“As far as security is concerned, there is a new wave of global criminality going on. The existing security machinery put in place after the second world war takes care of conventional warfare. It’s a new global learning curve for everybody.”