Ministers, others face sanctions over 6,000mw target flop – The Guardian
January 5, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi
If indications from Abuja are anything to go by, some heads may roll over the Federal Government’s embarrassing failure to meet its last December target of 6,000 megawatts of electricity generation.
Expectedly, palpable fear now rules in the power sector. And the beleaguered petroleum sector remains as controversial as ever, with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) denying allegations of owing petroleum products importers.
Currently, according to sector officials, power supply is currently fluctuating between 3600 and 3700MW, a far cry from the 6,000mw target set by President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua on assumption of office.
The Guardian had analysed the target last year and came up with the conclusion that it would take a miracle for the target to be met considering the prevailing problems among which was gas supply.
Investigations by The Guardian yesterday revealed that a major restructuring was underway, following the failure of the current government officers in the power and energy sector to realise the target.
