Senator Sani blasts Fashola, asks Buhari to find new power minister

– Senator Shehu Sani has said that DISCOS now distributing darkness

– He called on President Buhari to appoint a new minister for power instead of Fashola

The Senator from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Shehu Sani has expressed concern over hardships that Nigerians were passing across Nigeria.
The senator described the darkness being experienced across the country as an unacceptable and embarrassing.

He underlined that no excuse by power shareholders was weighty enough to substantive hardships that Nigerians were passing through.

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Mr. Sani asked President Muhammadu Buhari to reconsider his way towards appointing a minister who is not only an electrical engineer, but who has the knowledge of the industry.

“We are in a state of paralysis, and there is urgent need to appoint a reputable electrical engineer to manage the affairs of power, independent of other responsibilities”, he stated.

“Distribution Companies (DISCOs) now distributing darkness despite increment in electricity tariff; private power investors have failed the nation by moving manageable power epilepsy to a complete paralysis.”

Senator Sani asked for a review of defunct Power Holdings Company of Nigeria assets, adding that privatisation of power regime had brought untold hardship to Nigerians.

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NERC on February 1 effected the new electricity price tariff .‎NERC boss, Dr. Anthony Akah, had underlined that there is no going back on the new tariffs.

Babatunde Fashola, the minister of power, works and housing, justified the increment saying that it will improve power supply.

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