The Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Power, Godknows Igali has said that the target for power generation peaked at 40,000 megawatts by year 2020 is realizable with more capacities to be sourced from the Mambilla and Zungeru large hydros as well as off – grid power from solar, wind and more importantly coal to power through the abundant coal resources in Nigeria.
Godknows Igali made this disclosure when he hosted the body of Permanent Secretaries in the Civil Service on a peer review mission; saying the review is meant to assist in the creation of a service – wide framework to enable Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) deliver on their mandates. He noted that identified the key element of the initiative would make the civil service more responsive and accountable to the Nigerian people.
During his presentation at the event, Igali said that the basic tenet in the mandate of his Ministry is to provide policy frameworks towards the realization of electricity for domestic and industrial uses by Nigerians. “For a long time now, the Government has regulated the sector. The attending problems have been with us for long and now the determination of Government is to gear up and allow the private sector play their role in power generation,” he explained.
He expressed optimism that Nigerians will soon experience uninterrupted power, adding that although Government has not privatised transmission, with huge investment required in the evacuation of power, the government has encouraged the private sector to pry into the sub-sector.
Also speaking, the Head of Service, Bukar Aji commended the leadership of the sector for proper handling of the privatisation exercise, adjudging it to be the biggest on the continent. He ascribed the feat to what he described as open, purposeful and transparent leadership.
Bukar Aji promised to align the civil service with the Transformation Agenda of the President by religiously implementing the government policies and programmes which are people – oriented.
The Minister of Power, Chinedu Nebo during commended the Head of Service for upholding ethic of Public Service with passion. He said service delivery is key hence he should leave no stone unturned in his quest for excellence at all times. He described him as a reformer, whose orientation is in tandem with Transformation through leadership by example.
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