The Minister of Power, Engr. Abubakar Aliyu has stated that power supply will soon be restored to Maiduguri, Borno State, Northeast Nigeria.
Platforms Africa reports that the state has, for over 10 years, been rocked by outage buoyed by attacks on power installations by Boho Haram terrorists.
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Aliyu made the restoration plan known during a courtesy visit by the Vice Chancellor, Borno State University, Prof. Umar Kyari Sandabe who led his Management team to the minister’s Office in Abuja.
Chronicling the operations of the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI), Engr. Abubakar said that all efforts are in gear to restore Power to Maiduguri. This is expected to be concluded in about 6 weeks’ time.
He said independent power plants projects are being handled through the policy on off-grid and mini grid.
He said further that the mini-grid will adequately cater for all renewables.
He therefore directed that the Rural Electrification Agency explore ways at which the State universities will benefit from the energizing education policy of the Federal Government.
Vice Chancellor, Borno State University, Prof. Umar Kyari Sandabe appreciated the minister for his efforts at reforming the power sector. He said the institution has been out of power supply since 2020 due to the insurgency.
He said the university has been on generators which takes a huge sum of its funding, adding that the generators, despite consuming huge sum of their funds do not provide adequate needed electricity power for the university operations.
He craved the indulgence of the minister to ensure that power supply be restored to university promising that the institution will secure all power projects within its premises.
