Bayo Adelabu, minister of power, has apologised to Nigerians over the poor electricity supply and incessant outages witnessed in recent months.
Adelabu offered the apology at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja.
“I want to apologise, coming from me as a minister of power, for this temporary issue that is leading to hardship being experienced,” he said.
Adelabu said the apology was necessary given the dry season, which has caused extreme heat and disrupted businesses, schools, and industries.
“It is not our wish to find ourselves in this situation, but it is some factors that are actually beyond our control,” he said.
The minister said the government remains committed to ensuring adequate power supply across the country.
“We are working on it 24-7 to make sure that we go back to the trajectory of 2025, whereby you praised us and commended us for a good job well done,” Adelabu said.
“And we can imagine, if we could provide such service in 2025, this is 2026, when we will be willing to even do more and better, as we are close to the election year.”
However, he said the government “cannot help it, that’s why we find ourselves here”.
“But I can assure you that in the next few weeks, all this will be over, power generation will improve, distribution will improve, and that 6,000 MHz will be achieved before the end of this year, and Nigerians will be better for it,” Adelabu added.
On March 20, the minister said the federal government had taken decisive steps to address persistent gas supply challenges affecting electricity generation.
The Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO), on March 5, said the continued decline in power generation was due to persistent gas supply challenges affecting several thermal power plants
