Seth Terkper takes over Power Ministry

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April 8, 2016 7:50 PM

This was disclosed by Deputy Minister of Power, John Jinapor.

Finance Minister, Seth Terkper has filled the position of interim minister of the Power Ministry, after former minister Dr. Kwabena Donkor resigned from the position in December.

The former minister Dr. Kwabena Donkor resigned due to ill- health, and a substantive minister had not been named four months on.

The current arrangement will prevail, according to John Jinapor, until a substantive Minister of Power is named.

Mr. Jinapor revealed that Seth Terkper, the Finance Minister, is managing the Ministry until a substantive Minister is appointed.

He further revealed that Seth Terkper has been very efficient and helpful since he assumed the role.

“The Finance Minister has oversight responsibility over the power sector now and he has been very helpful. Some of the challenges we face too have to do with the financial structuring of the power system and he has been helping us in terms of the financial structuring of the entire power sector. He has been very good, he has been able to procure gas, crude and virtually paid Nigeria some amount of money for us to stay on course.”

Although power supply has been largely stable since January, there are fears the power deficit may widen again to plunge the country back into another load shedding.

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