Prof. Chinedu Nebo, the Minister of Power, on Sunday said the Federal Government would complete the payment of severance allowance of Power Holding Company of Nigeria staff before the end of October.
Nebo stated this at the thanksgiving service of Nsukka Anglican Diocese, marking the end of its 2013 Synod in Nsukka, Enugu State.
He said that government was working round the clock to ensure that all authenticated PHCN staff received their severance allowance so as to end any form of protest from those involved.
He said: “Government is working hard to ensure that all staff of PHCN are settled the before the end of October.
“For now what government has given the companies that acquired PCNC are licences and share certificates.
The physical handing over of PHCN will take place in some weeks to come.”
The minister said that the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan had invested so much and was committed to ensure that Nigerians enjoyed steady power supply.
He said: “By God’s special grace, by the next six months, there will be double in the country’s generation capacity and by the end of 2014 the amount of megawatts generated will be fully transmitted.
“I must tell Nigerians that there are better days ahead as the country will witness great improvement in power the sector.”
On slow pace of work at Nru NIPP project, Nsukka, the minister urged the people of Nsukka to write to enable him know the level that the work had gone so that he could communicate with those in charge of the project.
Nebo said: “I am not a spirit to know what is happening everywhere, but as soon as I get the report I will act appropriately.”
In a remark during the thanksgiving, Rt. Rev. Nicholas Okoh, the Anglican Primate of Nigeria, who was represented by Bishop David Onuoha, Secretary of the Anglican Bishops, urged Nigerians to always support those in authority so as to move the country to the next level.
Okoh said: “We have to partner with our leaders in prayer to enable them to succeed.”
Okoh commended Bishop Aloysius Agbo of Nsukka Diocese, for his spiritual commitment that had resulted in rapid growth of the diocese.
“I am satisfied with the rapid grown of Nsukka diocese because of able spiritual leadership of Agbo,” he said.
Agbo said that the theme of the synod was: “Partnership With God”.
He said that the theme was chosen because nobody would succeed in life without partnering with God.
“For anyone to succeed, he or she must partner with God through prayer as well as doing what the word of God commands as contained in the Bible,” he said.
The bishop advised politicians in Nsukka zone to unite, adding that it would be impossible for the zone to produce a governor for Enugu State in 2015 without speaking with one voice.
