President Goodluck Jonathan has restated the desire of the
Federal Government to ensure steady power supply in the country, saying a
proposal to ban importation of electricity generating sets may be implemented.
Speaking at the fifth Academy for Entrepreneurial Studies,
Nigeria (AES), Jonathan who was represented by Works Minister, Mike Onolememen,
said the move would come under the state of emergency to be declared in the
electricity sector soon.
According to him, electricity problem will be a thing of the
past, as all necessary measures are being worked upon.
He praised the efforts of the AES in repositioning the youths
of Nigeria through its ‘Operation 500 Students-Entrepreneurs Programme’, where
500 students in each tertiary institution in Nigeria are annually trained on leadership
and entrepreneurship free of charge.
The President noted that the theme of the conference:
‘Transformational Leadership: A Springboard to National and Sustainable
Development’, is timely as the country needs transformational leaders who havve
the interest of the people at heart.
In his speech Former Head of State, General Abdusalam
Abubakar, who chaired the event, said issues of good governance and peaceful
coexistence are central to any effort at improving the lot of Nigerians and
therefore must be taken with all seriousness it deserves.
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