Acting President Goodluck Jonathan will soon unveil the blueprint on the Nigerian power sector, his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Ima Niboro, confirmed here Wednesday.
According to Niboro, Jonathan, who declared himself the substantive minister of power during the reconstitution of the Federal Executive Council, will unveil the blueprint within 30 days.
The Minister of State for Power, Mr. Nuhu Wya, told journalists at the end of the meeting of the Federal Government Committee on Power that the blueprint was being worked out, assuring that the Acting President would soon make the outcome public.
According to Wya, ‘the meeting is essentially convened by the Acting President with all the stakeholders that will make things happen in the power sector. And it is generally agreed that all hands should be on deck to move the power sector forward.”
Comparing the approach of the Committee on resolving the power problem to what was obtainable in the past, the minister said ‘the difference here is that it is under the watchful eyes of the Acting President. And it is everybody that is involved in moving the power sector forward that are put on the table.
‘We are discussing security of the pipelines and other things. So, the difference here is that everybody involved in value change of fuel to distribution of power are put on the same table under the watchful eyes of the Acting President.’
In another development, Mr. Niboro confirmed that the Acting President would Thursday sign the 2010 Appropriation Act into law.