President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his displeasure with the state of electricity in Nigeria.
Speaking on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television monitored by Platforms Africa, Buhari restated his administration’s commitment to providing infrastructure for Nigerians, including improving on electricity.
“I am not happy because I identify that no country can develop without infrastructure and infrastructure means road, rail and power.
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“This government is working very hard on the road. Try to imagine what was happening between Lagos to Ibadan six months ago and what it is now.
We are doing from Lagos to Kano the rail, road from here to Kaduna to Kano. So we have to get the infrastructure right and then Nigerians will mind their own business. But when the infrastructure is not there, the roads are not there, the rail is virtually killed, no power, what do we expect people to do?”
According to him, the owners of electricity distribution companies (Discos) bought them based on geo-political zones rather than merit.
“The people that own them, who are they? They are not electrical engineers, they don’t have money, it is just a political favour.
“To remove a system and reintroduce one is no joke.
Luckily we have the TCN and that is the transmission. If we can get our technology right, we will cut the cost on transmission and the likelihood of sabotaging the lines and so on,” he added.
