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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