» "I Am On Tour To Understand Causes Of Nigeria’s Epileptic Power Supply" - Fashola «

Nigeria’s Power Minister, Babatunde Fashola, has stated
that he’ll do all in his power to end the epileptic power
supply bedeviling the nation.
When quizzed recently by newsmen whether there would
be an end to the epileptic power supply in the country, the
minister noted that having been properly briefed “in papers,
files and memos” since he assumed office, of the situation
in the sector, he had taken it upon himself to go round the
country and have an on the spot assessment of the
situation.
He however noted that what he had seen so far had given
him hope that there would be light at the end of the tunnel.
“This problem can be solved, it is a problem that has
challenged us for a long time, not only am I going around
to understand the situation, am at Ugwuaji now in Enugu,
I’m going around to understand what I’m supposed to
manage, I’ve been briefed in papers, in files and in memo,
am going from power plants to power plants, from
transmission sites to transmission sites, what I see
convinces me that this problem can be solved, I’m
optimistic that it can be solved, it just needs for us as a
people to understand the system better and know how it
works.
“I am going to be dedicating my time to breaking down all
technical issues that have been sounding so heavy over
decades so that the average Nigerian can understand how
the system works. Our people must know that if people
break down pipelines, you know that you are breaking the
system, no matter how angry you are, a broken pipeline is
going to affect you because you won’t have power, if
people feel that the best way to secure employment for
their colleagues in the union is to shut down the power
plants, the truth is that they are going to hurt more people
than the people they seek to protect.
“If people think that if there is a restructuring going on in
any government agency, and they fear that most of their
colleagues will lose work and the answer is to shut down
gas stations, the truth is that more people that they seek
to protect would be hurt than those they want their jobs
secured, for me everybody must understand how your
action or inaction affects the system, once this is done, I
think I see a better tomorrow clearly,” he noted.