The minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), has stated that the Buhari administration was doing everything possible to address infrastructural decay, especially in the power sector.
Fashola, who was represented by the Minister of State, Power, Works and Housing, Hon. Mustapha Baba Shehuri, said Nigeria with a population of over 160million is seriously challenged with provision of infrastructure due to endemic corruption.
He said government intends to combat the rot in the power sector through holistic approach as contained in the recently unveiled Road Map to Power.
“We are expecting that our generating capacity will be over 6,000MW by end of 2016, 10,000MW in 2019 and 30,000MW in 2030,” he said.
As planned within the maxim of “incremental, stable and un-interrupted power”, he said government had taken bold steps to harness the solar powered projects by signing off on the Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), with 14 companies located in 9 states and FCT.
“This will bring to the national grid 1,150MW of solar energy,” the minister said.
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