The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu has refuted speculations that the Zungeru Power facility experienced an explosion on Monday.
Adelabu further clarified that the Zungeru power plant which is situated in Niger State is on the grid and is running at optimum capacity.
The Minister who made this clarification in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Bolaji Tunji, said the report of an explosion is a figment of the imagination of the purveyors of such information.
“I have spoken with the Managing Director of Mainstream Energy and I can assure you that nothing of such took place in Zungeru. The plant is working and it continues to supply to the grid.
“We have video evidence from Zungeru that nothing like that occurred today and whoever is interested should go there to find out. It is rather unfortunate that people will sit down somewhere and cook up this sort of story. It is unpatriotic, such people should desist from creating unnecessary panic.”
Assuring Nigerians of adequate supply of energy, the Minister asserte, “We have seen the worst in the sector, we can only get better. We promised an incremental supply of power and that is what is happening now and that’s why we have the present improvement and it will continue.”
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