Fashola To Companies - Patronise Local Meter Makers, Says Niger Delta Avengers Responsible for Low Power Supply

Minister of Power, Works and Housing Mr, Babatunde Fashola, has urged electricity distribution companies to patronise local meter manufacturers in the quest for mass metering system of their customers across.

At the 6th Power and Stakeholders Monthly Meeting held on Monday in Kano State, North West Nigeria, the Minister said the patronage of local manufacturers would help avoid foreign exchange problem associated with importation of meters.

Mr Fashola stressed that it would greatly save cost if made in Nigeria meters were patronised, pointing out that it is of same quality with the imported ones.

Breaking: Ministers take oath of office as Buhari assigns portfolios (Full List)

The Nigerian Cabinet members today take the oath of office as President Muhammadu Buhari charges them that they must proceed to work speedily to fulfill the confidence reposed in them.

President Buhari has sworn in all 37 ministers he appointed recently.

Former governors Babatunde Fashola, Rotimi Amaechi, Kayode Fayemi, and 34 others took the oath of office on Wednesday at the presidential villa.

We choose unity: APC is a home for all Nigerians - Gov. Fashola’s speech at APC convention

by Babatunde Fashola

This is a historic day not only for the APC but also for our nation. The work we begin today is the work that will build a New Nigeria; a future when there are jobs for everyone who wants to work; a future without leaders who deprive the very families they are supposed to protect; A future of peace and stability; a future when Nigeria can feed its families; a future when a Nigerian education is as good as any education in the world; a future when the high prices of food and fuel don’t undermine every family’s quality of life.

This is the future that we start to build here, today. This is why we have come from all parts of the nation.