Babatunde Fashola, SAN, has attributed the recent
power outages in some parts of the country to four
turbines which stopped working in Jebba, Ilorin,
Kwara state capital.
The minister, who also noted that there was
currently not enough power to distribute unless
more turbines were switched on, assured that
electricity supply would be stabilized as soon as
three of the four turbines had been restored.
While speaking on Channels Television on Thursday,
Fashola said, "Yesterday morning, we had some
outages in Jebba but I am happy to report now that
all the four turbines that were down, three have
been restored, so there is stability now.
"It is important why the power coming from Aba is
defining; it's part of what I've spoken about.
"There is not enough power in the country, so how
do you share what is not enough such that
everybody gets enough? It's difficult, if not
impossible."
The Minister also expressed confidence that
President Muhammadu Buhari's 10,000 megawatts
target would be met, saying "So what we need to
do is to get more power on. So about 200
megawatts coming from there is good news for the
market," he said.
Speaking further, Fashola criticized the acts of
pipeline vandalism.
He attributed vandalism to be the cause of some of
the energy problems in the country.
According to him, "Those who are vandalizing
electricity assets, those who are selling stolen
cable, those who are not paying their bills and
those diverting electricity are all problems.
"Every one of us must contribute something now to
solve the problem; it a problem we can solve.
"That will reduce the number of people who are
contributing to being the problem," the Minister
stated.
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