The
Deputy Minister of Power, John Jinapor, says the Minister of Finance,
Seth Terkper, has taken over the supervision responsibility of the Power
Ministry after Dr. Kwabena Donkor’s resignation.
Kwabena Donkor,
the former Minister of Power resigned after his promises to end the
four year-old power crisis failed to materialize.
It’s been nearly four months since his exit but the President has not announced his replacement.
Speaking
on Citi FM’s Breakfast Show on Friday, Mr. Jinapor revealed that Seth
Terkper, the Finance Minister, is managing the Ministry until a
substantive Minister is appointed.
He further revealed that Seth Terkper has been very efficient and helpful since he assumed the role.
“The
Finance Minister has oversight responsibility over the power sector now
and he has been very helpful. Some of the challenges we face too have
to do with the financial structuring of the power system and he has been
helping us in terms of the financial structuring of the entire power
sector. He has been very good, he has been able to procure gas, crude
and virtually paid Nigeria some amount of money for us to stay on
course.”
Although power supply has been largely stable since
January, there are fears the power deficit may widen again to plunge the
country back into another load shedding.
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