The Federal Government has apologised to Nigerians for the poor power situation witnessed in the country over the past few weeks.
In a statement made available to our correspondent in Abuja today, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, blamed the power situation across the country on gas shortage and vandalism.
He also said all efforts were being made to rectify the situation and ensure a gradual improvement in the power situation.
The minister said at a time, the routine maintenance by the Nigeria Gas Company had affected the supply of gas to power stations, forcing down power supply from an all-time high of 5,074 MW to about 4,000MW.
He added that a combination of unsavoury incidents further crashed the power supply to about half that figure.
Mohammed said, “There will be a decent improvement in the power situation from this weekend, thanks to ongoing remedial efforts that will double the current power supply to 4,000WM. Getting back to the 5,074MW all-time high that was reached earlier will take a few more weeks.
”The vandalism of the Forcados export pipelines forced oil companies to shut down, making it impossible for them to produce gas. Then, workers at the Ikeja Discos, who were protesting the disengagement of some of their colleagues after they failed the company’s competency test, apparently colluded with the National Transmission Station in Osogbo to shut down transmission.
”Finally, the unfortunate strike by the unions at the NNPC, over the restructuring of the corporation, shut down the Itarogun Power Station, the biggest in the country.
“Due to these factors, only 13 out of the 24 power stations in the country are currently functioning. It is this same kind of unsavoury situation that has affected fuel supply and subjected Nigerians to untold hardship.”
The Minister strongly condemned the situation in which some Nigerians, under the guise of the various unions in the oil and gas sector or vandalism, continuously sabotage the country’s power infrastructure.
He added, ”The bitter truth is that for as long as these groups of Nigerians continue to sabotage the power infrastructure, Nigerians cannot enjoy a decent level of power supply.
“We therefore admonish all Nigerians who may be agitating for their rights in whatever form to refrain from any action that will further hurt the same people they claim to be protecting.”
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I respect you for apologising but stil una no try abeg.
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DeleteSee his rubbish mouth. Am awake by past 12, bathing and fanning my baby. He is probably sleeping away under AC, with the clueless president too, am sure all his children and family are all sleeping with light, coming here to yarn dust. No light, oya give us fuel to use own gens, no fuel. If I continue talking, would just keep getting angry .
DeleteNo bi small yimu. Make Una park well joor
DeleteYawns.
DeleteStory for d gods. Give us light is all we know.
Nice
DeleteLess talk, more action please.
DeleteHmmm.... I just dey observe!
ReplyDeleteCorrect yimu. Mtscheeeww. Party of excuses.
ReplyDeleteLol@yinmu.
ReplyDeleteStella first time this ur yimu pics fits in a post. Thank u
ReplyDeletePower failure ain't bad here o! We still garrit!
ReplyDeleteEven we dey get 24hrs light for lagos o. We didn't have light for 2days though.
DeleteDown here in edo state we dey get light like straight 7hrs.
Thanks for apologising.
Pathetic situation. Thank God for inverters and gensets. It's a near mad situation over here.
ReplyDeleteMany are yet to grapple with the situation. E be dem like film trick.
Apology accepted but there must be a good measure in place to stop this vandals.
ReplyDeleteWho is fooling who?
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Lmao. Stella this your Monalisa yimu is epic
ReplyDeleteNo b small YIMU
ReplyDeleteFor dis hot weather
Change has come...
Big time yimu!
ReplyDeleteLol. Thank God it wasn't Jonathan's fault this time around. Oriegwu!
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ReplyDeleteDouble rubbish dear
DeleteTriple rubbish
DeleteHe did not blame pdp again?
ReplyDeleteWe have heard as long as the light is constant now
ReplyDeleteStory for the gods..... continue
ReplyDeleteCorrect yimu sdk. No light no fuel plus hot weather. Eko distribution is the worst ever. God bless Nigeria
ReplyDeleteBiko na Ikeja distribution worse pass. Eko still bring light two days ago.
DeleteIkeja distribution is a nightmare. Worst is they don't give a rat ass. Customer care nos doesn't work.
DeleteSharrap dere.
ReplyDeleteCan APC and Fashola just accept their fault instead of always blaming people, now it's vandals fault again.
All the so called politicians are all buffoons. Instead of addressing Nigerians problems of no fuel, no electricity.
The Dino aka bingo was there talking about imported wives, as if dats my biz. If you like marry 10 mammy water how does dat g
Fuel my car and give me diesel for my gen.
As in ehn. This blame game is really getting annoying.
DeleteIneffective lots.
ReplyDeleteI saw more of accusation of vandalism than of apologies o. They are gradually running out of who to blame.
ReplyDeleteThank u oh.
DeleteVandalism ko. Its a lie. My own estate in magodo came up with the most stupid lie ever. Instead they told us that the 33kva transformer powering the estate has been down and they would resolve in 48hrs. This was the time Nepa people went on strike oh and they blamed the transformer. Now Mr Lie is saying its vandalism and shortage of gas. Nation full of liars.
DeleteHaaaaa I for say o.. Koz this one wan be kon pass
ReplyDeleteMtchewwwwwwwwwww!
ReplyDeleteEnd time apology
ReplyDeletePlease something should be done quickly. Its crazy
ReplyDeleteStrange, just as lielie Mohammed said, light has improved dramatically since Friday! I mean lo & behold, for the first time in ages we had light overnight, till now! Yeah it went during d night for like an hour or 2, but its back!
DeleteDid vandalisation start today? Remember how y'all were quick to tear GEJ apart for anything, now power has changed hands and you've seen governance is no tea party.
ReplyDeletePlease get out of our faces already. I'm tired of these complaints.
Please these people should go and rest. What nonsense are they talking about. No light, no water, no fuel. How on earth do they want people to balance. You make food and it gets bad. Not like there is money. This government has failed its citizens woefully. They should not give us their sorry excuses. This era is the worst hit in sufferubg than any other time. People are losing it all. Nonsense.
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ReplyDeleteCrap.
ReplyDeleteThis man should shut up! and stop disgracing his old self...
ReplyDeleteYou people should tackle this issue of no power during dry season once and for all and stop blaming it on something else!...
The lies and deceit in this government is getting out of hand...
You guys should watch him sing praises to clueless Buhari and co when electricity gets constant during the rainy season...
Thank you. For once you made sense
DeleteI would have believed it if someone else had given this apology, I would have even believed Dino even though I know he lies thru his teeth but Lie Mohammed is just an insult, how can a man who lies about everything tender an apology and still make promises. Yimu!
ReplyDeleteApology not accepted. For some things, saying you are sorry just wont do. In my area, we have not had electricity for 3 weeks just because EKEDC is absolutely and infuriatingly nonchalant about fixing a blown out fuse in the transformer. Other streets have light for a few hours each day (which is not what one can expect immediate upgrade to 24 hours light sef). How on earth do their staff justify their salaries when they reek of non performance 24 hours, 7 days a week? Their salaries should be tied to customer satisfaction! Perhaps they would take their work more seriously..
ReplyDeleteAbeg Stella help me beg these people....