Fashola Shouldn’t Be Allowed To Use Generators – Activist

Minister of power, works and housing, Babatunde Fashola

Prominent right activist, popularly known as “Ordinary President”, Ahmed Isah, has said Babatunde Fashola, minister of power, works and housing, shouldn’t be allowed to have access to generator. stating that he should join Nigerians in battling with the epileptic power supply.

Isah said this today while speaking at a town hall meeting in Abuja on the power sector, organised by the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Foundation.

he noted that Nigerians are struggling with epileptic power supply because influential people have the affluence and can afford other means of generating power.

He also called for the ban of generator sets in the country, while lamenting that “even the presidential villa operates with electricity from generator set always.”

“Go to the federal secretariat, what they use is generator. Go to the minister of power’s office; generator. Go to the presidential villa; generator,” he said.

“They should ban the use of generator and we will see how things will improve. They should make sure that the minister of power will be denied generator. Same with his relatives. There should be no more importation of generator and generator spare parts into the country.

“The epileptic power supply in the country is not affecting the ‘big men’ yet and that is why they haven’t done anything about it yet.”

Isah asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack Fashola, saying as a lawyer, he “knows nothing” about the power sector.

“They took a lawyer to be in charge of power, what does he know? He should be removed because since he assumed office he lacks direction. What does he know about electricity?” Isah asked.

Also speaking, Babatunde Irukera, director-general of Consumer Protection Council (CPC), said the council’s concern in the power sector is with regards to service quality, accountability and responsiveness.”

“The biggest challenges people experience in the power sector are arbitrary billing, their complaints not being addressed, and not get services commensurate to what they pay. If we can address these, the vast challenges from the sector will be diminished,” he said.