I Have Fulfilled My Promise On Power Sector – President

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday said he had lived up
to his campaign pledge to Nigerians that he would make the power sector a priority
for his administration, Punch reports.

Jonathan spoke during the inauguration of the Olorunsogo II
Power Station in Ogun State today. The power plant is a 750MW Nigerian
Integrated Power Project.

“I have lived up to my campaign pledge to make the power
sector a priority,” Jonathan told the gathering that included members of the
Federal Executive Council, Peoples Democratic Party chiefs from Ogun State and
leading traditional rulers.

Jonathan said although it was capital intensive to make a
difference in the power sector, his administration had been tackling it
headlong.

He said the short interface between public ownership of
power sector to private sector would soon be over.

With that session over, the President said Nigerians would
begin to take power for granted in the next two years.

He said, “The interface between 100 per cent ownership of
the power sector by government and 100 percent ownership by private sector will
soon be over.

“In the next two years, Nigerians can take power sector for
granted like it is obtainable in other countries.”

He said he was confident that Nigeria is moving in the right
direction under his watch.

He described the power plant as the second largest NIPP
power station in the country.

The President urged Nigerians to support the Federal
Government in its desire to improve electricity.