THE Minister of Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola has defended his position on the challenges bedevilling the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) as well as his recent policy directive to electricity distribution companies (DisCos) on improved service delivery.
Fashola also maintained that his figures on capacity increase generation and transmission was accurate saying electricity consumers can attest to the difference between 2015 and 2018.
The Minister at a briefing on the Power Sector State of Play, Next Steps and Policy Directions had accused the DisCos of contributing to the majority of the challenges in the sector.
He also touched on issues bothering on estimated billings, market shortfall, infrastructure deficits, metering even as he gave policy directives to this effect.
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