Adebayo Adelabu, Honourable Minister of Power has refuted trending false stories about an explosion at Zungeru power plant on some social media platforms on Monday, July 1, noting that the Zungeru power plant is on the grid and the plant is running at optimum capacity.
According to a statement issued by Bolaji Tunji, Special Adviser, Strategic Communication and Media Relations, the report of an explosion is a figment of the imagination of the purveyors of such information.
Adelabu said, “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”.
He then promised stable and 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”, Adelabu added