Posted on: 09:00 Thu, 12 Nov 2015



New minister of power, works and
housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has
told staff of the Ministry of Power that
Nigerians had waited long enough to get
power, hence, the federal government
had no choice than to deliver.

Speaking when he assumed office
yesterday, he said Nigerians were
anxiously waiting for results.

He said his thoughts were on how to
bring together processes and
activities of all the ministries under
his supervision for effective service
delivery.

Fashola assured the Ministry’s
leadership of his willingness to learn
from them, describing them as
“career people” who had been on the
job for a long time.

“We want information on what has
been done, what remained to be
done, and what are the future plans,
we want to continue from there,” he
said.

He said he was also interested on
how best to harness the available
human resource and the physical
assets in the ministry.

According to him, the information he
seeks will assist as the
administration hits the ground
running, and that “we need to do
more so as to regain lost time.”

Also speaking, the Minister of State,
Power, Works and Housing,
Mustapha Baba Shehuri, demanded
for a detailed ministerial briefing
document to serve as a guide for
“proper take-off.”

Responding, the Director, Human
Resources, Mrs. Grace Papka, gave
copies of the requested documents to
the two Ministers, in addition to a
time-table for proposed briefings by
departments and agencies in the
power sector.