The Federal Ministry of Power intends to spend N8 billion in 2025 to educate Nigerians on the importance of paying their energy bills on time.
Adebayo Adelabu, Minister of Power, made the disclosure while defending the ministry’s budget before the National Assembly’s joint committee on power on Monday, January 13.
According to Adelabu, the advocacy would be carried out using social, internet, and print media in order to reach all Nigerians. Adelabu noted that many Nigerians need to be educated about the importance of protecting the power sector as a national asset.
“We are a people of over 200 million strength. So we need to go through all the loopholes, through social media, through digital media, through the print media, to actually orientate and do this advocacy. So we have N8 billion.
“In terms of advocacy, we believe that our people need to be re-educated. They need to be re-orientated to know that the power assets are national assets, and we should all jointly own it.
“Our people need to know that they should avoid power theft. When they see something, they must say something. Our people need to know that they must pay their bills regularly. All these need to be passed across. We believe that the power sector needs to do a lot of advocacy, re-orientation and re-education of our people,” Adelabu said.
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