Gwamnatin tarayyar Najeriya ta bayyana cewa ta kasa N8.8 biliyan naira don gyara da maido da magudanan wuta da aka lalata a yankunan daban-daban na kasar a shekarar 2024. Wannan bayani ya zo daga babban darakta na manajan darakta na Kamfanin Watsa Wutar Lantarki na Nijeriya (TCN), Suleiman Abdulaziz, a taron kwata-kwata na kungiyar aiki ta sekta ta wutar lantarki da aka gudanar a Abuja.
Abdulaziz, wanda aka wakilce shi ta hanyar darakta janar na sabis na watsa wutar lantarki na TCN, Olugbenga Ajiboye, ya bayyana cewa magudanan wuta 128 aka lalata ta hanyar vandalism ko banditry daga watan Janairu zuwa Nuwamba 2024. “A yanzu haka, magudanan wuta 128 daga cikin na aka lalata ta hanyar vandalism ko banditry. Har zuwa yau, mun kasa kimanin N8.8 biliyan, kamar yadda aka kiyasta, don kawo su cikin amfani na aiki,” in ya ce.
Abdulaziz ya kuma nuna damuwarsa game da rashin aikin da ake yi na kama waɗanda ke lalata magudanan wuta, inda ya ce da yawa daga cikinsu ana sallamar dasu ba tare da shari’a ba. “Yayin da aka kama waɗanda ke lalata magudanan wuta, aka mika su ga ‘yan sanda don shari’a, amma ‘yan sanda suna tuhumar dasu da laifin sata maimakon vandalism, kuma ana sallamar dasu. Idan aka tuhume dasu da vandalism, basu da izinin sallama, amma haka lamarin yake. Da yawa daga cikinsu aka kama, amma kowanne ya sallama saboda ‘yan sanda suna tuhumar dasu da laifin sata,” in ya ce.
Ministan wutar lantarki, Adebayo Adelabu, wanda aka wakilce shi ta hanyar babban masani na fasaha, Adedayo Olowoniyi, ya bayyana cewa gwamnati tana aiki tare da Bankin Duniya da Bankin Ci gaban Afirka don samar da wutar lantarki ga mutane 50 milioni a Najeriya nan da shekarar 2030. “Manufar 300 wadda Bankin Duniya da AfDB ke jagoranta, ita ce aikin da zai samar da wutar lantarki ga mutane 300 milioni daga Afirka, kuma Najeriya za ta samu 50 milioni daga cikin su,” in ya ce.
