The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has said that President Bola Tinubu has no intention of discriminating against any region, saying the power outage in the north was unfortunate.
He made the remark on Thursday while delivering an address at a meeting with the Kano State government officials on Thursday on how to partner in enhancing power supply in the state and the country at large.
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“The situation is worrisome and unfortunate.The President does not intend to discriminate against any region.
“What happened was not deliberate but unfortunate, it is not a situation we want to repeat itself. If at all or will happen we need to have a permanent solution to it,”Adelabu said.
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He further said that he and his team are on a working visit to Kano to physically inspect the installations and other infrastructure in the region and to interact with the government on the way forward.
The Minister also called on the state government to collaborate with the Ministry in investing in power generation and distribution.
He explained that the power sector has been decentralized with 10 states enjoying leverage to generate power, in which Kano is not among. He called on the state to tap this opportunity.
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“There is a need to partner with us in generation and distribution. The Federal Government is ready to collaborate as there are a lot of projects left uncompleted that can lead to a lot of losses,” he said.
In his response, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, represented by the Chief of Staff, Shehu Wada Sagagi, assured the Minister that the state government will look into ways to invest in the sector and even also through the budget provide subsidies for consumers.
