Tag: power sector
SERAP writes Tinubu, demands probe into ₦128bn missing funds in Power Sector
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to order an immediate probe into allegations that…
Group to Tinubu: Address the failure of power sector urgently
"You recalled that the power sector was privatised in 2013 with embedded design for mid-term review in 2018 and review…
How Tinubu facilitated improvement in power sector – Adelabu
“We are actually on the track towards achieving the President’s instruction to us that by the end of December, we…
Playing politics with the power sector
The latest was the privatisation of the generation and distribution segments of the electricity value chain with Nigeria retaining the…
Tinubu’s Steady Progress in Power Sector
The president clearly understands the critical role that a reliable power supply plays in any modern economy. That was why…
60-year-old Power sector jinx will be broken by Tinubu’s administration – Adelabu
The Minister said that the crises bedeviling the Power sector has defiled every attempt of resolution in the past sixty…
What FG is doing to improve power supply – Minister
Speaking at the ministerial press briefing series organised by the Ministry of Information and National Orientation in Abuja, Adelabu said…
Group asks Tinubu to reverse privatisation of power sector
“Even workers in the sector are agitating for a reversal because they have also not seen any tangible improvement since…
Buhari completes 105 power projects in 7 years – Minister
Aliyu said 73 of the power transformers were installed by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN engineers in substations across…
Nigeria’s power sector and push for brighter days
The power sector is a critical aspect of the economy, and getting it right will help transform Nigeria into an…
Power sector: FG reaffirms intervention
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to continually intervene in…
Moghalu: “How i will fight corruption, fix power sector”
The Presidential Candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), Prof. Kingsley Moghalu has said that he would fix the problems…
Nigerian Govt urged to declare emergency in power sector
Some leaders of organised labour on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to declare a national emergency in the power…
Power sector: Operators must live up to expectations – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration is committed to lawful interventions to ensure that operators in the business of electricity…
Fashola tasks power sector investors
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has charged private investors in the energy sector to…
People involved in Challenges of the power sector – Fashola
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has said that the challenges of the power sector in…
IT Expert Calls For State Of Emergency In Power Sector
A Computer Engineer, Mr Taofik Babaita has urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the power…
Emir urges FG to address challenges in power sector
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to urgently address the crisis in…
Senate concerned over liquidity crunch in power sector
The Senate Committee on Power has expressed concern over the liquidity crunch in the power sector. It has also expressed…
Declare state-of-emergency in the power sector, LCCI tells FG
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Thursday urged the Federal Government to declare a state-of-emergency in the…
Nigeria, France sign N14bn power sector MoU
The Federal Government and France have signed a 14 billion naira loan agreement for capacity-building and upgrade of power training…
We’ll protect critical infrastructure in power sector, Nigerian Military assures investors
The Chief of Training and Operations, Nigerian Army Headquarters, Major-General S. Yusuf, has assured Distributing Companies (DISCO’s), Generating Companies (GENCO’s)…
Reverse power sector privatisation, Gusau residents tells FG
Residents of Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara on Monday urged the Federal Government to reverse the privatisation of the…
Power Sector: Opposition has no alternative – Minister
The Minister of State for Power, Hon. Muhammad Wakil has declared that the opposition has no credible alternative to the…
World Bank to support Nigeria’s power sector with N294bn
The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) on Monday said that the World Bank would support the Nigeria’s power sector with…
FG announces N213bn bailout facility for power sector
The Federal Government on Friday announced new measures to address financing related issues in the power sector, including a N213…
GE to invest $350mn in Nigeria’s power sector
General Electric has signed a deal with a Nigerian bank to invest $350 million in Nigeria’s ailing power sector, the…
Workers Seek Participation In Senate Power Sector Probe
The Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC) has urged the Senate to allow workers contribute to the probe of…
‘Accelerate Deregulation Of Power Sector’
The Prelate, Methodist Church of Nigeria, Dr. Sunday Ola Makinde, has called on the Federal Government to accelerate the formal…