13 August 2015, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari said Wednesday in Abuja that his government had already identified the critical problems in Nigeria’s power sector and was taking appropriate actions to address them.
Speaking after he was briefed by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Power, Ambassador Godknows Igali, Buhari said his administration would give the fullest possible attention to boosting power supply in Nigeria because it was convinced that steady electricity would launch the country into faster socio-economic development.
A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina quoted Buhari as saying that his administration had also prioritized certain measures in its action plan to boost electricity supply in Nigeria.
The president said: “The problems besetting our power sector are not difficult to identify. Therefore, priorities can be easily set in order to tackle them.
– This Day