Expect Improved Power Supply In Six Months To One Year – Adelabu

Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has promised that Nigerians will start witnessing improved electricity supply between six months and one year.

Gatekeepers News reports that Adelabu, one of the 45 ministers recently inaugurated by President Bola Tinubu made this promise on Friday.

Adelabu, while speaking at the Ladoke Akintola Airport in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, acknowledged that the task ahead may be daunting but not insurmountable.

The Minister of Power said, “We know it is not something that is achievable overnight but we believe that once the foundation is laid, others can also build on it.

“I can tell you that between six months and one year, we will start seeing improvements in the power sector.

“Within the next six months, there would be major addition to the national grid, in terms of hydropower plant, that is the Zungeru 700mw in Niger state that is about to be completed.

“This will be the biggest one in sub-Saharan Africa when completed.

“The Kainji dam that we all grew up to know, supplies about 460mw, Shiroro dam supplies about 520mw.

“I will do everything to ensure that Zungeru power plant is inaugurated and subsequently add 700mw to the national grid.

“This is a new era and I will use everything that God has given me to ensure that we have stable power supply in the country.”