Senate President Bukola Saraki, said this today in his speech at the
2-day Stakeholders Interactive Dialogue/Workshop on the Nigerian Power
Sector for the National Assembly in Abuja.
"Let me reiterate the urgency of this gathering in human terms. Wherever
you go in the country nothing represents the failure of government and
leadership in the mind of Nigerian like the epileptic power situation in
the country.
Fixing it is at the highest priority list of our
people. In other words, our people are demanding that we do all that is
in our power to reverse this long and unenviable power sector blight. We
must get it right. The first step is this forum"he said.
Saraki went further to state that in the course of reforming the power
sector, some people might lose their jobs as well as investments
"We cannot shy away from the fact that inexcusable mistakes have been
made in the past that brought us to this point and we must be willing to
face up to them and clearly delineate them in order to ensure that we
do not return to the mistakes of the past. Clearly some of these where
innocent mistakes, others were rather the product of selfish interests,
some fraudulent, some borne out of ignorance and others glaring lack of
capacity apparent from day one.
All of these combined has brought us to the mess we now have to face up
to. To get out however, sacrifice has to be made and borne by all. We
must agree to put Nigeria first and our contributions to this must be
genuine. Yes, some will lose money, jobs may be lost, investment
gestation may extend but government must as well be sincerely committed
to providing the right environment and fulfill its part of the deal
without equivocation. Unless all players speak frankly, open-mindedly
and honestly we will not get the right solutions. I am going to lead the
way in being blunt and specific in my contribution starting with these
remarks and hopefully that will set the tune for
not-so-politically-correct deliberations here".
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