Minister Reports Receiving Threats Due to Ongoing Reform In Power Sector

Adebayo AdelabuThe Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has said he has received several threats from unknown persons who are against the ongoing reforms in the country’s power sector.

Mr Adelabu, who stated this during an interview on Fresh FM Ibadan, said he would not be bullied and intimidated by those against the progress and success recorded in the sector.

The minister also claimed that cabals and cartels are behind the blowing up of power transmission substations with dynamite and the pulling down of a power line.

He said: “There will be resistance, people stand in your way, saboteurs and others. Let me say this for the first time. I receive threat calls,” he said.

“I am the 49th power minister in the country. The past ministers were probably bullied and intimated in their work.

“It does not take ordinary people to blow up a power transmission substation with dynamites and pull down a power line.

“It is an organised crime. It is a cabal and cartel. We are all Nigerians, but we are all Nigerians. We will not run away from ourselves.”

Speaking on the success recorded in his one year in office, Mr Adelabu said his reforms have increased electricity generating capacity from 4,000 MW to 5,155 MW.

He said: “We have raised the electricity generating capacity from 4,000 MW to 5,155 MW recorded on the 8th of August, 2024.

“In the past, it took the country over 25 years to achieve 2,000 MW of power, and it took between 1984 and today to achieve an additional 2,000 MW.

“When we resumed as a minister, the electricity generated was 4,000 MW, and within a year, we have added over 1,000 MW.

“Our target is to hit 6,000 MW with the support of the federal government before the end of this year.”