The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the
nominations of Prof. Chinedu Nebo and Kabiru Taminu Turaki as ministers of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria after subjecting them to a screening session of
questions and answers.
Both nominees in their separate
sessions on the floor of the Senate, spoke on issues bordering on security,
power, education and politics.
Nebo from Enugu State, who was former
Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, while speaking on the
challenges in the power sector, said “uninterrupted power supply is not a
mirage.”
He noted that with the unbundling of
the Power Holding Company, there were a lot of opportunities for improvements
in the power sector.
Nebo said, “Looking at what Nigeria
is trying to do, we are planning to generate 40,000 megawatts by 2020, but when
you look at the capacity of Nigeria to absorb electricity, that will not be
enough.”
He said there was the need for more
IPPs to be involved, arguing that with increased opportunities, even those who
lost out in the bidding process of the sale of PHCN, could start their own
infrastructure in participating in power generation, transmission and
distribution.
On dealing with alleged ‘mafia’ group
in the power sector, Nebo noted that God would empower him to chase out the
mafia, which he termed “demons and witches.”
He said, “Some highly placed
Nigerians believe that when there is outage, it is caused by witches and
demons.
“If the President deploys me in the
power sector, I believe that given my performance at the University of Nigeria
Nsukka, where I drove out the witches and demons, God will also give me the
power to drive out the demons in the power sector.”
He lamented that while South Africa
generates 40,000 megawatts for its 40million population, Nigeria is still
battling with 4,000 megawatts for about 170 million of her people.
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Its is now witches and demons abi? Lwkmd! Who are the demons?.We've heard this stories millions of times in this country abeg, they are just looking for ways to steal more money for their funerals. Nonsense in braket!
ReplyDeleteIf u fit kill witches and wizard for us to have light,pls go ahead but if them kill u first,then u will know that action is better than talk talk. We are waiting for oko oso ati aje!
ReplyDeleteU ppl u'r so funny , wn new minister said he'll chase away the bad ppl in nepa , u'r stil waitn 4 d bad ppl 2 kill him.no be talk be dis oo? Nonsense
ReplyDeleteD wire 4 don kill d witches na!abi dem no d hang @ times? Whichever way ,I don tire 4 d noise...e Don tay wey yarnsh get center pattern!dis promise since 1986,haba!my ear dey pain me 4rm dis noise
ReplyDeleteFrom his speech its not hard to see that this incoming Minister Nebo is a joker who like others lobbied for the Ministerial appointment to line his pockets. He was only talking for talking sake. Once he settles in as Minister he will join the demons to amass wealth from our commonwealth. Who is fooling who?
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