The Minister said that by the end of the year, 85 per cent of the citizens will have access to electricity.

Goddy Jedy Agba, the Minister of state for power has stated that power failure is a thing of the past in the country.

The Minister said this while speaking at a town hall meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, February 22. Agba said by the end of the year, 85 percent of the citizens will have access to electricity.

The town hall meeting, organised by the federal ministry of information and culture, was meant to showcase the achievements of the Buhari administration on infrastructure development

“Power failure is a thing of the past. By the end of the year, 85 percent of Nigerians will have electricity. Also, all the houses will be metered – you will only pay for what you consume.”he said

According to him, many of the power projects started by the federal government will be completed before the end of Buhari’s tenure.

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