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‘I never promised to deliver constant power in 6 months,’ Minister says

Fashola made the denial on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, while appearing on a programme on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola.

Fashola made the denial on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, while appearing on a programme on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Punch reports.

“I have heard that I said that electricity problem will be solved in six months. I have never made the statement,” the minister said.

“Anybody who has a video of where I said this should please make it public. The point I made was when I was handing over the Lekki IPP because we had about 10 megawatts of power there,” he added.

Fashola was sworn in as a minister by President Muhammadu Buhari on November 11, 2015.

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