Electricity: ‘Nigerians tell me to slow down, freezers are freezing’ — Power minister

The Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, on Wednesday, September 16, said some Nigerians have asked him to “slow down” with the improvement in electricity supply because, according to him, their freezers now work continuously.

While speaking at the commissioning of the 3-megawatt solar hybrid power project at Yakubu Gowon University, formerly University of Abuja, Tegbe said

“Places that didn’t have light at all for three months are now having 18 hours light. Some areas called me to say, look, I should slow down, that everything in their freezer is freezing. That is what freezer is meant to do. Let it freeze the food that needs to be frozen”

Tegbe said he had promised during his Senate screening that Nigerians would begin to see noticeable improvements in electricity supply within three to six months.

The Minister, however, acknowledged the challenges facing the power sector, saying some of the country’s electricity infrastructure was more than 40 years old.

“Some of the infrastructure we have in the electricity and power sector are more than 40 years old. We’re systematically replacing them, phasing them out and bringing new ones,” he said