Unbundling the power, works & housing ministry

To me, it was the biggest gamble to merge Power, Works & Housing into a humongous ministry in 2016 following the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari. A more focused nation would never dare that. It was clearly an unthinkable thing to do. No nation still wallowing in the throes of development would attempt to place the most critical sectors of its economy under the control of a super minister.

As I write this piece, my area in Lagos has been in darkness for three days not because the transformer has broken down but for reasons that only EKEDC can adduce. Not all of us have the resources to run substations called generators throughout the dreadful night transition period. It is no longer news that main power is now the ‘standby’ source of power in many homes and offices and no longer generators.

Some energy statistics running currently in the social media credited to African Outlook of power generation in certain parts of the world would clearly show that the so-called giant of Africa is still light years away from true civilisation. India with a population of 1,339,000,000 generates 1,368,000,000MW with power to population ratio at 1.022, The USA with a population of 320,000,000 generates 4,324,000,000MW with a power to population ratio of 13.

To underscore the urgency of the situation, a state of emergency would have been suggested but has this ever made a difference? Fashola has too much on his hands to manage these ministries together as one. Besides, what is a lawyer doing in the power sector? Do you have non-lawyers managing the justice ministry or non-doctors the ministry of health?

Write up like this is worth it. No excuse for failure...

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And here we go again....

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Unbundling the power, works and housing ministryPresident Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to merge power, works and housing into a humongous ministry in 2016, has proved to be a huge gamble. A more focused government would never have done that. It w... Yes indeed! is high time to unbundle this mega Ministry for the good of all as no much progress was achieved especially on the power aspect.
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