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Nigeria's new minister of power, works and housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, yesterday stated that Nigerians had waited long enough to get power, hence, the federal government had no choice than to deliver.
According to Vanguard, Fashola arrived at the power ministry shortly after the swearing-in ceremony and almost immediately went into a close-door session with the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Mr. Louis Edozien and Directors on the way forward in tackling the enormous task ahead.
Addressing staff of the ministry, he said Nigerians were anxiously waiting for results.
He said his thoughts were on how to bring together processes and activities of all the ministries under his supervision for effective service delivery.
Fashola assured the Ministry’s leadership of his willingness to learn from them, describing them as “career people” who had been on the job for a long time, Today.ng said.
“We are here to work with you, in solving problems on ground as quickly as possible, we want to know if some of those problems are man-made or systemic”.
“Want information on what has been done, what remained to be done, and what are the future plans, we want to continue from there," he said.
According to him, the information he seeks will assist as the administration hits the ground running, and that “we need to do more so as to regain lost time.”
He said he was also interested on how best to harness the available human resource and the physical assets in the ministry.
Also speaking the Minister of State, Power, Works and Housing, Alhaji Mustapha Baba Shehuri said that as matter of urgency, he wants a detailed Ministerial Briefing Document to serve as a guide as this will ensure proper take off.
The Director, Human Resources, Mrs. Grace Papka, gave copies of the requested documents to the two Ministers, in addition a time-table for proposed briefings by Departments and Agencies in the power sector.
According to Vanguard, Fashola arrived at the power ministry shortly after the swearing-in ceremony and almost immediately went into a close-door session with the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Mr. Louis Edozien and Directors on the way forward in tackling the enormous task ahead.
Addressing staff of the ministry, he said Nigerians were anxiously waiting for results.
He said his thoughts were on how to bring together processes and activities of all the ministries under his supervision for effective service delivery.
Fashola assured the Ministry’s leadership of his willingness to learn from them, describing them as “career people” who had been on the job for a long time, Today.ng said.
“We are here to work with you, in solving problems on ground as quickly as possible, we want to know if some of those problems are man-made or systemic”.
“Want information on what has been done, what remained to be done, and what are the future plans, we want to continue from there," he said.
According to him, the information he seeks will assist as the administration hits the ground running, and that “we need to do more so as to regain lost time.”
He said he was also interested on how best to harness the available human resource and the physical assets in the ministry.
Also speaking the Minister of State, Power, Works and Housing, Alhaji Mustapha Baba Shehuri said that as matter of urgency, he wants a detailed Ministerial Briefing Document to serve as a guide as this will ensure proper take off.
The Director, Human Resources, Mrs. Grace Papka, gave copies of the requested documents to the two Ministers, in addition a time-table for proposed briefings by Departments and Agencies in the power sector.
