July 02, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has refuted reports of an explosion at Zungeru power plant in Niger State.
Earlier reports said an explosion occurred at the Zungeru Hydro Electricity Dam in Niger State, leaving several workers injured.
However, a statement by Bolaji Tunji, Special Adviser, Strategic Communication and Media Relations to the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, urged the public to disregard the report.
Adelabu, who described the report as a figment of the imagination of the purveyors of such information, said: “I have spoken with the Managing Director of Mainstream Energy and I can assure you that nothing of such took place in Zungeru. The plant is working and it continues to supply to the grid.
“We have video evidence from Zungeru that nothing like that occurred today and whoever is interested should go there to find out. It is rather unfortunate that people will sit down somewhere and cook up this sort of story. It is unpatriotic, such people should desist from creating unnecessary panic.
“We have seen the worst in the sector, we can only get better. We promised an incremental supply of power and that is what is happening now and that’s why we have the present improvement and it will continue.”
Also, Siraj Abdullahi, Executive Director, Mainstream Energy Solutions Ltd, operators of Zungeru Power Plant, described the reports as fake.
Abdullahi urged the public to disregard the trending news, declaring: “We are fine in Zungeru, nothing happened and we are on the Grid.
“There is fake news from several media houses about an explosion in Zungeru. This is a wicked lie. We are fine in Zungeru, nothing happened and we are on the Grid. Please disregard this hate news. We are doing a video rebuttal soon.”
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