{"id":165909,"date":"2022-03-23T05:55:16","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T04:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=165909"},"modified":"2022-03-23T05:57:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T04:57:51","slug":"reps-to-power-minister-nigerians-want-electricity-not-explanations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/23\/reps-to-power-minister-nigerians-want-electricity-not-explanations\/","title":{"rendered":"Reps to power minister: Nigerians want electricity NOT explanations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some members of the house of representatives on Tuesday confronted Abubakar Aliyu, minister of power over the electricity situaton in the country.<\/p>\n<p>WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that\u00a0Aliyu had appeared at an interactive session organised by the committee on power.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers expressed reservations over the erratic power supply experienced across the country in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>They said the ministry takes a \u201cfire brigade approach\u201d to dealing with the power outage and has shown no commitment to fixing the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Muraina Ajibola, a lawmaker from Oyo state, said the government is not prepared to provide constant power supply to citizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese problems are not just starting now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor instance, we know every year there will be shortages of water and then they would be a problem at this time. We also know that during the period between January and March there is usually this shutdown. We have an abundance of gas but we are not making use of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we do is fire brigade approach. It is when that same problem is repeating itself that we will stand up from somewhere and say we are repairing this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe summary of it is that we are not prepared to give our people power. This is very sad because even when there is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/17\/nerc-confirms-removal-of-electricity-subsidy\/\">electricity<\/a>, some constituencies like mine don\u2019t even have light. There is light only when they want to send billing to us \u2014 estimated bills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also speaking, Aishatu Dukku, a lawmaker from Gombe, said her \u201cheart bleeds\u201d because the situation may not subside anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe permanent secretary said until the end of next year. So that means we will continue to be in total darkness until the end of 2023,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Sada Soli, a legislator from Katsina, said the ministry has failed to meet the expectations of Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think the ministry of power is in charge,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a complete abdication of their responsibility. It is not their responsibility to deliver power to the consumers but they have a role to play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know what the ministry is doing. I think he should not be narrating this essay to this committee. Left for me, it\u2019s a tutorial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have the utmost respect for the permanent secretary but they have written this for him to present to us. We are grateful for the information but we need to know the generation as of today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mariam Onuoha, a lawmaker from Imo state, said Nigerians need light \u2014 and not more explanations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to express my displeasure at the way the federal ministry of power and their agencies are handling the issues of power and power-related programmes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to assume that there is some level of conspiracy targeted at bringing down government efforts despite all the money we have appropriated. Why is this happening when we are about to round up the present administration?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. chairman, you will agree with me that there is no project this ministry has brought before us that has seen the light of day. It\u2019s always from one story to the other. Tell us what effects you are making to cure the defects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want to hear the complaints. We need practical steps to solve these problems. We want light. That\u2019s what you were engaged to do. Give us light and the heat this period is unconsiderable. If you don\u2019t solve this problem, you will be causing a lot of other health problems. I am sad. Give us light.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking earlier, Aliyu who was represented by Nebeolisa Anako, permanent secretary of the ministry, said the power blackout is caused by the disruption in gas supply to power plants.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, said the outage has started to subside in some areas because the ministry and its partners are working to alleviate the challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Magaji Aliyu, chairman of the committee, said the permanent secretary should return on Friday to present concrete steps taken by the ministry to address the power situation.<\/p>\n<p>The chairman also said efforts should be made to return the Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbet.com.ng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NBET<\/strong><\/a>) from the ministry of finance to power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is our opinion that we have to revisit the privatisation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe thought you would come with a list of how many plants we have and their capacities today. We have to do everything possible to bring back NBET under the ministry of power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will never make progress if NBET is elsewhere. We will involve our leadership to ensure that the right thing is done for this country. There is nothing you have told us that is new \u2014 nothing!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you have to go back and tell the minister that we are not on the same page with the ministry and we did not agree with this submission in totality. There must be light. We have to work hard to ensure that this problem is solved. Where are the NIPP projects? How many plants do we have? What is the generation, transmission, distribution, everything? The president must hear this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want you to come back to this by Friday with better solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some members of the house of representatives on Tuesday confronted Abubakar Aliyu, minister of power over the electricity situaton in the country. 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