#Minister of Power Sale Mamman
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World Bank: name Nigeria as Africa’s poorest supplier of electricity with unending power outage
Nigeria now has the highest percentage of the population without access to electricity globally, overtaking the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the World Bank reports. In a virtual engagement with reporters in Abuja on the Power Sector Recovery Programme (PSRP), the bank officials said 25 per cent of Nigeria’s population do not have access […]
HeadlinesFG to sink N8.1 billion into rehabilitation of Federal Secretariat
The Federal Government has approved N8.1bn for the rehabilitation of the Federal Secretariat, Phase I, in Abuja. The decision was taken on Wednesday at the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Mohammed […]
BusinessFGN N50b monthly electricity susbsidy not True
Organised Labour has tackled the Federal Government over claims of subsidising electricity supply across the country for over N50billion monthly. The administration of President Goodluck Jonathan privatized the electricity sector in November 2013 and handed it over to 11 distribution companies and six generating companies. Last month, Minister of Power Sale Mamman, said the Federal […]