Adebayo Adelabu, minister of power, has apologised to Nigerians in the north over the protracted power outage they have experienced for days.
Speaking on Thursday during a courtesy visit to Abba Yusuf, governor of Kano, Adelabu blamed the situation on the “weak, obsolete, dilapidated” infrastructure of the over 50-year-old national grid.
In a statement, Ndidi Mbah, the general manager of public affairs at the TCN, linked the incident to a “fault”.Speaking on the issue during the visit, the minister described the situation as “very unfortunate” and said the federal government is making efforts to completely overhaul the infrastructure.
Adelabu, enumerating programmes aimed at revamping the national grid’s structure, said the presidential power initiative , known as the Siemens project, is currently ongoing. “Phase one of the Siemens project would soon commence, after which the grid performance would be better than what is being experienced presently.
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