
NLC
NLC President, Joe Ajaero recently had his say via a press statement, and Nigerians have been reacting.
According to him, NLC can only express deep concern over the worsening state of Nigeria’s electricity sector which is on the brink of total collapse, and if the Minister of Power was competent as he claims to be, the issue would’ve been resolved by now.
He added that the current situation is a clear admission of incapacity and failure by the Ministry, and the Minister has to resign.
It read, “If the Ministry of Power is manned by competent officials, the now embarrassing constant grid collapse would have been averted instead of the worrying statement by the Minister that this will continue as if this has always been the norm.
We believe that this is a clear admission of incapacity and failure by the Ministry and we wonder why they would not do the honourable thing by resigning.
It has to be noted that the number of times the National Grid has collapsed under these helmsmen is more than all the previous leaders in the history of our nation combined. Rather than the garrulous remarks, Nigerians expect more seriousness in handling their affairs.
The Power sector in Nigeria is at the brink of collapse as the helmsmen have repeatedly shown gross incompetence. It is a sector where the National Electricity Regulatory Commission despite the enormous power invested in it by the Electricity Act of 2023 has continuously demonstrated incapacity to regulate or outrightly refused to discharge its responsibilities to electricity consumers in Nigeria while the Minister in charge is enamoured with seeking about N8bn to teach Nigerians how to pay electricity bill.
It is therefore not surprising that power grid collapse is now a constant as it has continued to succumb to greed and crass incompetence.
Whereas the Minister seeks N8bn to educate us, contractors in the Transmission Company of Nigeria who help in delivering capacity are owed over N200 billion. If not for the intervention of the Unions in the sector in December 2024, the procurement Committee would have added to this burden by sitting down to award more contracts.”
WOW.