This was disclosed on Thursday by the outgoing Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the NLNG, Babs Omotowa
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The theme of the meeting, which was organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Information and Culture, was: “Towards Effective Implementation of the 2016 Budget.”
It would be recalled that the right of way issues had hitherto hindered a transmission project being supervised by the Niger Delta Power Holding Company along Itu-Calabar Axis as was reported during the seventh edition of the meeting in Benin, Edo State last month
Fashola is of the opinion that the DISCOs should embark on system upgrade to reduce or totally eliminate this hazard, thereby reducing the incidence of electrocution and other related accidents
Following complaints in the media over the poor state of the road, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), requested for a status update, which showed that the rehabilitation work on the 82km road from Makurdi-Gboko (Yandev Roundabout) was not funded because previous budgets did not accommodate it
Fashola, who spoke at the 35th Annual General Meeting of Shelter Afrique in Abuja, said in order to meet the real demand of the majority of Nigerians in housing, it was not only necessary but expedient to embark on proper planning, adding that it is the key to project completion, cost control and reduction in variation requests as well as financial calculations
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, made the statement in Abuja on Tuesdaywhen he briefed the Senate Committees on Labour and Power during a public hearing on the new electricity tariff
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents on the outcome of the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja
Industry watchers have said the endorsement of the exercise by the Nigeria Labour Congress, which was widely hailed at the time, is driving ongoing investments that have boosted the nation’s power generation capacity, which recently hit 5,000mw for the first time in decades
Fashola stated this when a delegation of the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, led by the Under-Secretary of State, Matti Anttonen, visited him in his office on Thursday in Abuja
‘The minister’s argument that an Act of the National Assembly actually empowers the Commission to increase tariff and that the Act cannot be tampered with even by the federal parliament, is certainly very lame, too simplistic and misleading’
This was contained in a statement signed by Etore Thomas, Assistant Director (Press), of the ministry
The minister, however, expressed concern that the growing nature of pension funds in Africa had not translated into a better quality of life for the contributors of the fund
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the traders had in the meantime limited the display of their goods to the Nigerian Railway Corporation disused second track, abandoned since 2009
Fashola, however, said the government would meet with the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission to ensure that consumers and investors are not cheated
“When I assumed duty, I first checked what the power ministry was owing, but I am happy we did not owe anything
It is also no longer news that 3 (Three) Ministries or areas of critical public service of Power, Works and Housing have been merged into 1 (One) under the superintending authority of myself as substantive Minister and Mustapha Baba Shehuri (Honourable Minister of State) with 2 (Two) new Permanent Secretaries, Engr. Abubabar Magaji, redeployed from the Ministry of Interior to Works and Housing; and Mr. Louis Edozien from the private sector to assist us
“This shows that tolling is necessary to support government funding. So, it will not be too much if we ask every road user to pay little to augment government funding for road maintenance
Fashola said with the implementation of Electricity Power Sector Reform Act of 2005, government ownership of power changed, adding that government now focused on transmission network and gas supply.
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