The Federal Government has promised to generate 6, 000
megawatts by December 2016.
It said based on the measures put in place, the target was
achievable. The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola
gave this assurance during a visit by delegates from the International Monetary
Fund, IMF, in his office.
Fashola, who was represented by the Minister of State Power,
Works and Housing, Hon Mustapha Shehuri, insisted that the Buhari-led
administration will not rest until it achieved the target of power generation,
address infrastructural decay in the sector and a sustainable economy.
According to the Minister, the government through its
unveiled Road Map to Power will tackle the decay of infrastructure via a
holistic approach.
“We are expecting that our generating capacity will be over
6, 000 megawatts by end of 2016, 10, 000 in 2019, and 30, 000 megawatts in
2030, as planned within the maxim of incremental, stable and un-interrupted
power”, he stated.
The Minister further pledged that with the recent steps
taken by the government to exploit the abundant solar energy in the country by
the signing of the Power Purchase Agreements, PPAs, with 14 companies in nine
states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, the feat would be achieved.
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