On resumption of duty at the Ministry of Power on Wednesday, the newly-inaugurated Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), went into a close-door session with the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Louis Edozien, and Directors on the way forward in tackling the enormous tasks ahead.
Fashola said his thoughts are on how to bring together processes and activities of all the Ministries now put under his supervision for effective service delivery.
He promised the Ministry’s leadership of his willingness to learn from them as they are career people who have been on the job for a long time.
In his own words: “We are here to work with you in solving problems on ground as quickly as possible.
“We want to know if some of those problems are man-made or systemic.
“We want information on what has been done, what remained to be done and what are the future plans, we want to continue from there.”
The Minister said he is also interested in how best to harness the available human resource assets in the Ministry and the physical asset, “as all these information will assist us as we hit the ground running.
“We need to do more so as to regain lost time.”
Fashola said Nigerians are anxiously waiting for results, which in this case is improved power supply nationwide.
Also speaking, the Minister of State, Power, Works and Housing, Alhaji Mustapha Baba Shehuri, said as a matter of urgency, he wants a detailed Ministerial Briefing Document to serve as a guide as this will ensure proper take off.
The Director of Human Resources in the Ministry, Grace Papka, gave copies of the requested documents to the two Ministers.
This was in addition to a time-table for proposed briefings by Departments and Agencies in the power sector.
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