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| Prof. Chinedu Nebo |
The
Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nominations of Prof. Chinedu Nebo and Kabiru
Taminu Turaki as ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria after
subjecting them to a screening session of questions and answers.
Both
nominees in their separate sessions on the floor of the Senate spoke on issues
bordering on security, power, education and politics.
Nebo
from Enugu State, who was former Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria,
Nsukka, while speaking on the challenges in the power sector, said “uninterrupted power supply is not a
mirage”.
He
noted that with the unbundling of the Power Holding Company, there were a lot
of opportunities for improvements in the power sector.
Nebo
said, “Looking at what Nigeria is
trying to do, we are planning to generate 40,000 megawatts by 2020, but when
you look at the capacity of Nigeria to absorb electricity, that will not be
enough”.
On
dealing with alleged ‘mafia’
group in the power sector, Nebo
noted that God would empower him to chase out the mafia, which he termed “demons and witches”.
He said:
“Some highly placed Nigerians
believe that when there is outage, it is caused by witches and demons”.
“If the President deploys me in the
power sector, I believe that given my performance at the University of Nigeria
Nsukka, where I drove out the witches and demons, God will also give me the
power to drive out the demons in the power sector”.
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