The House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila says unpatriotic activities of serving and retired public office holders are responsible for the socio-economic misfortune in the power sector.
Gbajabiamila spoke while declaring open the investigative hearing into the Federal Government’s abandoned power projects from 1999 to date.
The Speaker who was represented by the Chief Whip, Mohammed Monguno, expressed his displeasure with the state of power in the country.
He said that the motion on the need to review government’s expenditure on the power sector to ensure sustenance of the power reform programme in Nigeria was referred to the Ad-hoc Committee on Thursday.
Gbajabiamila said that Nigerians were virtually in every part of the world largely in search of stable electricity supply, good medical health facilities, quality education among others.
Also, Acting Chairman of the ad-hoc committee, Usman Kumo explained that the exercise was aimed at reviewing government’s expenditure in the power sector from 1999 to date.
