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The Presidency has told Nigerians who complain about lack of electricity
to go and hold vandals responsible and stop blaming President Mohammadu
Buhari.
Presidential Spokesman, Mr. Femi while answering questions on
PoliticsToday, a Channels Television daily political program, said vandals
and not the President or his Government are responsible for blackouts
being experienced in Nigeria.
“After we had 5,000 megawatts, there was vandalism in Bayelsa state and we
lost 1,600megawatts in one day and then another in Delta State and we lost
another 1,000 megawatts.
“So if some people are crying that they are in darkness, they should go
and hold thos who vandalize installations; that is it.”
The Media and Publicity Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari, said
despite the vandalization, the 10,000 megawatts promised by the President
in 2019 is still realistic.
He said “We are working tirelessly to protect critical national
infrastructure from sabotage and vandalism, the cause of the catastrophic
power failures in the system while we build on infrastructure to attain
10,00MW as directed by Mr. President.”
He added, “It is a four years mandate. We still have 36 months to go. I
just pray that those who have been so critical, so cynical will be humble
enough to eat their words when the goodies start coming.”
Adesina also noted that the just concluded National Economic Conference
wasn’t held because Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, had called for it.
“Professor Soyinka asked for an economic summit. But what happened was not
what he asked for. Because before Prof Soyinka asked for the economic
summit, the National Economic Council had decided to hold what happened.”
“Don’t forget that the President himself at an interview in Qatar said
yes, if the people want to sit down and hold a summit, the government is
not averse to it.”
“But what happened last week was not what Prof Soyinka canvassed. The
National Economic Council, had decided to hold that retreat before Prof
Soyinka spoke.”
“To the best of my knowledge, it was fruitful. I was there at the opening
ceremony. I guess a report is going to come out after that report, we will
be able to judge.”