The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has dismissed as untrue, reports circulating on social media that an explosion occurred at Zungeru Power Plant in Niger State.
Adelabu stated that the Power Plant is on the grid and is running at full and optimum capacity.
The minister’s Special Adviser, Strategic Communication and Media Relations, Bolaji Tunji, described the report as a figment of the imagination of peddlers of the falsehood.
“I have spoken with the Managing Director of Mainstream Energy and I can assure you that nothing of such took place in Zungeru. The plant is working and it continues to supply to the grid.
“We have video evidence from Zungeru that nothing like that occurred today and whoever is interested should go there to find out. It is rather unfortunate that people will sit down somewhere and cook up this sort of story. It is unpatriotic, such people should desist from creating unnecessary panic.”
The minister, while assuring Nigerians of adequate supply of energy, however said: “We have seen the worst in the sector, we can only get better. We promised incremental supply of power and that is what is happening now and that’s why we have the present improvement and it will continue.”
