Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said that it is not the Federal government’s problem if some Nigerians do not have electricity. It Was reportsed that the Minister said this when he spoke at the Nextier Power Dialogue which held in Abuja yesterday December 12th.
If your telephone is not working, it is not the minister of communication that you go to. Let us be very clear. So for those of you who want to weaponise electricity, face the businessmen who have taken it up. Let us be honest. If your bank over-charges you interest, is it the minister of finance you go to? So let’s be clear. This is now a private business by Act of parliament 2005.
My role is regulatory, oversight and policy, but I have a problem which is the fact that I can’t see a problem and turn my back, so I’m getting involved. So the people you should be talking to about transformers is not me, the ministry doesn’t supply transformers anymore.”
When asked to take the blame since he is the head of the Ministry of Power with the Gencos and Discos under his authority, Fashola said
“So the FIFA man does not enter the field to say go and change the result, but it’s an interesting analogy that I’ve also contemplated in my head and that’s why you didn’t catch me by too much surprise. However, it is important to allow the referee to continue to decide the game because investors like to know who decides.”
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