Jonathan said while inaugurating the reconstituted committees that the members “are those who will be working day and night, and who will not sleep to make sure that Nigerians are happy in terms of power.”
The President hinted that the vacancies left by the exit of the Ministers of Defence and Power from the membership of the Federal Exeutive Council (FEC) will be filled as soon as the National Assembly returned from recess.
Jonathan said that Nigerians would not be happy if there was relapse, stating “that as we progress from now till December, if Nigerians can go home in December and do their parties without generators, and can drive to their states without gutters on our roads stopping them, I think the rating of government will improve. So, we must work hard to get to this level.”
The first of the committees inaugurated – Presidential Action Committee on Power – has President Jonathan as chairman and Vice President Namadi Sambo as deputy chairman. The second is the Presidential Task Force on Power with Becks Dagogo-Jack as chairman. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Power, will provide secretariat for the two committees. The Nigeria Infrastructure Advisory Fund will serve as Consultants to the Task Force while an officer of Directorate rank in the Ministry of Power designated by the Permanent Secretary will serve as Secretary to the recomposed task force.
The Presidential Action Committee on Power, which will be meeting every two weeks, has as members the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Head of Service of the Federation, Chief of Staff to the President, Attorney-General of the Federation, Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Ministers of Labour and Productivity, Power, Petroleum Resources, National Planning and the Chief Economic Adviser to the President.
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