power supply will be resolve soon- Minister

May God  deliver Nigeria from the prince of darkness and all his cohorts amen. By the Grace of God, we shall overcome Darkness in Jesus name.

The Federal Government has said that the near total blackout being currently experienced in most parts of the country will take the next two weeks to be resolved.

The Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, said this in Abuja on Tuesday at the 6th Power Summit/Civil Society Organizations Forum.

The electricity supply situation worsened in recent weeks as a result of acute shortage of gas to thermal power stations, shutdown of some plants for maintenance purposes and the failure of at least seven plants to generate power at all.

Nebo said gas supply constraints had grounded several power stations leading to a major cut in supply to the national grid, adding that repair works on the western area gas pipeline was almost completed.

“Hopefully, within two weeks, we will have more gas going into our power plants, which means we will have more power generation and increased supply,” he said.

The minister urged Civil Society Organisations and the media to mount campaigns against vandalism of gas infrastructure as the declaration of the Transition Electricity Market approaches.

He commended international donor agencies for their support and noted that there would be a national conference on power sector financing in February, where the government hoped to woo more local and international financiers to the sector.