- FG creates a new team to monitor the affairs of NESI.
- Minister of power reassures Nigerians of stable electricity.
The Federal Government (FG) has instituted a Ministerial Power Sector Working Group (MPSWG) to charge, coordinate, monitor and evaluate activities in the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI).
Minister of Power, Engr. Abubakar D. Aliyu, while inaugurating the team, reassured electricity consumers that the government was prepared to solve problems of epileptic power supply.
Aliyu stated that the Ministry and top Institutional Stakeholders meeting is to support one another, to achieve a common goal in the sector, which is to give Nigerians a stable and affordable power supply. He added that the Ministerial Working Group is expected to meet twice a month to strategise and discuss how to carry out the activities and programmes of the Ministry and relate to stakeholders and the public.
The members of MPSWG include the five (5) Directors from the Technical Departments of the ministry-Transmission Services, Distribution Services, Renewable and Rural Access, Energy Services and Investment Sector, and top institutional stakeholders, comprising all the Chief executive of the Agencies under the Ministry, with the secretariat headed by Dr Mahmud Suleiman.