Minister for Power, Adebayo Adelabu has revealed that the Ministry has concluded plans to ensure that it achieves a target of 6,000 megawatts by end of the year.
Gatekeepers News reports that Adelabu made the revelation while addressing Management and Staff of Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) Ikot Nyong, Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State on Tuesday.
He said, “More improvement will be witnessed by next year by consumers. We are doing everything humanly possible to enhance the state of transmission.”
“While the Discos the distribution companies are also raising their games, their own infrastructures, that is the 33kVA lines, all the duty transformers, we are still scratching the surface.”
“What you are seeing here today is a tip of the iceberg, we are raising our games to fall online with President Bola Tinubu’s renewed hope agenda to use Power to drive every sector of the economy and we must rise up to the challenge.”
Speaking on why he visited the power plant at Odukpani LGA of Cross River State, Adebayo noted that he led his team to visit the electricity generation company to encourage power generators who are expected by Federal Government to do more.
He said, “We have witnessed and increased in power generation, in the last few months, we have hit 5,105 megawatts which is the highest in the past years. From the average of 4,000 megawatts, which is about 25% increase that this Administration met. This is commendable.”
Cross River State Commissioner for Power and Renewable Energy, Eka Williams had earlier, urged residents of the State not to hesitate to report anyone caught vandalizing infrastructure of Power Holding Companies.
Williams noted that Cross State Government would deal decisively with anyone caught vandalizing infrastructure of Power Holding Companies, adding that no iota of economic sabotage would be tolerated by the State Government.
