By Chidiebere Ugwu
Federal Government has refuted the reports in a section of the media to the effect that an explosion occurred at Zungeru power on Monday.
Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu reacted to the rumour on Monday evening stating that the Zungeru power plant is on the grid and the plant is running at optimum capacity.
A statement by Bolaji Tunji, Special Adviser, Strategic Communication and Media Relations, quoted the Minister as saying that the report of an explosion is a figment of the imagination of the purveyors of such information.
“ 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 assured Nigerians of adequate supply of energy. “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”, the Minister assured.
Also, Siraj Abdullahi, Executive Director, in Mainstream Energy Solutions Ltd, operators of Zungeru Power Plant, described the reports as fake.
Abdullahi urged the public to disregard the trending news, declaring ‘We are fine in Zungeru nothing happened and we are on the Grid’.
“There is a fake news on several media houses about an explosion in Zungeru. This is a wicked lie. We are fine in Zungeru nothing happened and we are on the Grid.
Please disregard this hate news. We are doing a video rebuttal soon.The time is 3:05 Monday 1st July, 2024” he said.
