THE Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Adeniyi Adebayo says the outgoing administration has come up with policies to make the power generation issue less of a problem.
Adebayo praised President Muhmmadu Buhari for tackling the challenges of poor electricity and insecurity nationwide while commissioning the Federal Government Automotive Training Centre in Ekiti State on Saturday.
“The challenges we have faced have been the area of security and the area of power. But there have been improvements and the government has come up with policies to make the power generation issue less of a problem,” the minister said.
“With the laws that have been signed into place now says the government can generate their own power, private individuals can generate their own power,’’ Adebayo added.
“So, there will continue to be improvements. I always say, ‘If anybody were to come to Nigeria, anybody who died 20 years ago were to come back to life and come back to Nigeria, they would marvel at what Nigeria has become.”
Adebayo also expressed the belief that alternative power generation avenues would help industries and investments in Nigeria as he hoped the years ahead would record more successes.
He said that despite the challenges bedevilling the country, the Buhari government achieved much in persuading foreign investors to come to Nigeria.
“We spent a lot of time travelling the world, talking to foreign companies, foreign countries, foreign individuals, foreign investors, and many of them have heated our coal.
“I think many of the policies and schemes put in place by the government have enabled the government to attract a lot of investment,” he said.
