Tuesday 20 February 2018

Niger ex-governor, Aliyu debunks FG’s claim of 7000 electricity megawatts


A former Governor of Niger State, Muazu Babangida Aliyu, has debunked Federal Government’s claim of generating 7, 000 megawatts of electricity. He countered the declaration yesterday, at a socio-political movement by his former appointees in Minna, the Niger State capital.He said contrary to the statement, the country is presently generating only 5, 000 megawatts of electricity.
At the event titled: ‘Servant Leadership Forum’ Aliyu said Nigeria has the potential to generate 36,000 megawatts of electricity through solar power alone.The former governor urged the Federal Government to muster the political will to grant $1million to each state of the federation for the project.He also enjoined the Federal Government to direct the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to release the money from the excess crude account and monitor its utilisation.

According to him, doing so would make the country to be “self sufficient in energy supply, boost industrialisation and reduce unemployment.” Babangida also canvassed ‘rich states like Lagos and Port Harcourt’ to construct Independent Power Plants (IPPs), which he noted was too expensive.On way out of the herdsmen and farmers clashes across the country, he said grazing reserves could solve the problem.
He, however, urged the Federal Government to bear the financial burden of their establishments. He denied the rumour that he was planning to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).




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