Minister of Power, Works and
Housing, Babatunde Fashola SAN has described the problems facing the power
sector in Nigeria as man-made. This is against the belief that problems
bedevilling the sector are technical. In a document made available through Sweetcrude, the Minister identified
problems such as non-payment of contractors, lack of project supervision, inadequate
supervision of unbudgeted projects and inadequate funding of budgeted projects.
The Minister added that his
ministry has developed a roadmap for tackling the problems facing the sector.
He however identified the problem of insufficiency of power for distribution as
one of the setbacks of the power sector. He listed projects being implemented for
the increase of power to be distributed to include the 400MW Azura Power Plant
in Edo State, the 700MW Zungeru Hydro Power Plant in Niger State, the Gurara
Hydro Power Plant in Kaduna State, the Kashimbilla and the 115MW Power Plants
all in Kaduna. The Minister also identified on-going transmission line projects
as those of Kano – Kaduna Transmission Station, Lambe Transmission Station,
Kumbotsu Transmission Station and the Alagbon Transmission Station in Lagos.
The Okada transmission Station in Edo State is said to have been completed.
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