The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has called on states to be involved in the country’s power distribution and supply.
He stated this on Wednesday during a meeting with Forum of Commissioners of Energy, made up of energy commissioners in the country.
Adelabu drew attention to Abia State where Geometrics Power Limited has established a 188 megawatts power generating plant supplying and distributing power to between seven and eight local government areas in the state.
The minister also reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to tackling the nation’s power challenges.
Adelabu said efforts are put in place to address the challenges in the sector, urging Nigerians to be patient with the Federal Government.
He said that the government has acquired about 10 mobile power substations that could be moved to places where there are challenges or disruption due to fault on the substation, advising state governments to get involved in distribution networks in their States and also bridging the meter gap
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