The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has tendered a public apology to Nigerians over the crippling and persistent outages witnessed in the last month.
He admitted that the blackout has deepened hardship across homes, businesses, schools and industries amid the scorching dry-season heat.
Adelabu expressed his apology during a press conference on Tuesday in Abuja.
Adelabu said, “I want to apologise to Nigerians, officially now, coming from me as the Minister of Power, for this temporary issue that is leading to hardship being experienced, especially during this dry season, where there is so much heat everywhere.
“Businesses are being affected, schools have been affected, and industries have been affected. It is not our wish to find ourselves in this situation, but it is due to some factors that are actually beyond our control.”
Despite the current setbacks, the minister assured Nigerians that relief is imminent, giving a definitive timeline for improvement in supply.
“I can tell you, with the committee that we have set up, and commitments from gas suppliers, and the timeline for repair of the gas pipelines, two weeks from now, we should start seeing improvements in supply. Two weeks,” Adelabu said.
