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The committee on
power created by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan to solve the
problems in the sector has said it will make public its blue print
within 30 days.

Speaking to
journalists at the end of a committee meeting at the presidential villa
yesterday, Minister of State for Power, Nuhu Wya, said the committee
will be effective because it is working under the acting president’s
direct supervision.

“The meeting is
essentially convened by the acting president with all the stakeholders
that will make things happen in the power sector and it is generally
agreed that all hands should be on deck to move the power sector
forward,” Mr. Wya said.

“The final
documentation of the programme and the vision are being worked out and
it will be announced to Nigeria.

“The issue of gas
that we have been talking we are going to discuss it centrally. We are
discussing security of the pipelines and other things. So the difference
here is that everybody involved in value change of fuel to distribution
of power are put on the same table under the watchful eyes of the
acting president.”

However, Mr. Wya
cautioned that the 30-day time frame was not set in stone.

“I said 30 days because I am talking to journalists and I don’t want
to be held by my words. I am not the chairman of this committee, the
acting president is the chairman and he is the one to unfold this plan.”