Alhaji Mustapha Shehuri, the Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, on Friday called on the Adamawa Government to spearhead efforts to generate and use solar power in the country.
Shehuri made the call in Yola when he paid a courtesy call on the state’s Deputy Governor, Mr Martin Wabale.
He said that the Federal Government had developed three programmes in the power sector to ensure improved generation and supply of power.
Shehuri said that the Federal Government was making tangible efforts to improve and expand electricity generation and transmission capacities across the country.
He said that budgetary allocations to the infrastructure sector had increased tremendously under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, when compared to what obtained prior to its inception.
He said that the Federal Government had so far committed about N3 trillion to infrastructure projects, adding that many roads were either undergoing rehabilitation or reconstruction across the country.
Responding, Wabale called on the Federal Government to improve the funding of its infrastructure projects in order to ensure the commitment of contractors and retain them on site.
He said that the call became imperative following the slow pace of work in various ongoing federal road projects across the state.
The deputy governor said that the “off-and-on’’ activities at the project sites were not in the interest of citizens, who were mostly affected by the deplorable state of the roads.
Besides, Wabale said that the state government was making efforts, via a partnership with a Chinese firm, to utilise the high intensity of sunshine in the area for solar power generation.
He commended the Federal Government for executing various projects across the state.
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