Prof. Chinedu Nebo
After being subjected to thorough screening sessions, the Senate had on Wednesday confirmed the nominations of Prof. Chinedu Nebo and Kabiru Taminu Turaki as Nigerian Ministers.
The two nominees had spoken about their ability and strategies to tackle the challenges of security, power and education in the country.
Speaking on the nation’s power problem, Nebo from Enugu State, who was a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, said “uninterrupted power supply is not a mirage.”
He affirmed that with the change in the Power Holding Company, opportunities have been created for drastic improvement.
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 stressed on the need to involve IPPs , arguing that with the growing opportunities, even those who did not meet up with the bidding criteria and lost out would have the opportunity of being part of power generation, transmission and distribution.
He had assured Nigerians of his commitment to trash out ‘mafia’ group in the power sector, noting that God would give him the strength to do that in utmost good faith. He tagged the mafia group as “demons and witches.”
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