The federal government has threatened to arrest and prosecute the vandals on the properties of the Transmission Company of Nigeria nationwide.
The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, issued the threat during the inspection of the 46-year-old Ayede sub-regional station in the Ibadan South West local government area on Monday.
He said that his ministry and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, have the support of President Bola Tinubu to deal with the vandals.
Adelabu blamed the vandals for thwarting the efforts of the present administration to reposition the sector for optimal performance.
He added that the engineering and repositioning of the sector being embarked upon by the present administration were not exciting to the saboteurs who were making money from the menace.
The Minister, who was received by the Managing Director of the TCN, Alhaja Abdulazeez Ahmed, the Acting General Manager, Ayede Distribution Sub Region (Engr. Akinkunmi Olukunmi, the Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer, of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), Kingsley Achife, the General Manager, Osogbo Region, Engr. Muhammad Ladan Yankuz, charged the staff of the Ayede to support President Bola Tinubu’s administration in its renewed hope agenda, as well as expose anybody found in the habit of sabotaging the efforts of the power sector.
“We must live up to expectations. We will not relent until we achieve improvements in power supply. We are working with everyone to protect national assets. We are working with the NSA for adequate protection of power facilities. We can see the saboteurs at work.
“Some people are not happy that we are improving supply, but we cannot be intimidated. They will meet us there. We have the support of the President and the National Security Adviser to deal with saboteurs who are poised to vandalise the nation’s installations, destroying
power distribution activities.
“They are not happy about our efforts at repositioning the sector and delivering ourselves from their clutches because that is where they are making money. But we shall not relent. Let no one intimidate you.
“The rate of destruction going on in the northern part of the country is alarming. These installations being destroyed cost the Federal Government billions of naira to put in place. This is a fight we must fight jointly.”.
Adelabu also charged the staff of the sub-station to be committed, saying their efforts would be rewarded.
He added that he would institute a compensation and motivation scheme among power stations where the best three would be rewarded.
Adelabu said, “Whatever we can do to improve your people’s welfare to improve your job, I will do. We are going to implement whatever good suggestions you bring to our attention. Good performance will be rewarded, but more reward means more work.”
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