Ministan wutar lantarki, Adebayo Adelabu, ya ce wutar lantarki tafi arha a Najeriya idan aka kwatanta da sauran kasashen Afirka.
Adelabu ya bayyana hakan ne a ranar Alhamis a lokacin da ya karbi bakuncin sakataren asusun ajiyar Lottery Trust, Tosin Adeyanju a ofishinsa da ke Abuja.
A cewar Adelabu, Najeriya da duniya gaba daya suna fama da matsaloli guda biyu: Tsaron abinci da makamashi.
“A duk faɗin duniya a yau, muna fuskantar batutuwa biyu na yau da kullun kuma waɗannan su ne amincin abinci da makamashi
“Yana da kyau a lura cewa har yanzu farashin wutar lantarki shine mafi arha a Najeriya idan aka kwatanta da sauran kasashen Afirka,” in ji shi.
Ya kara da cewa, “idan ‘yan Najeriya suka yi hakuri, za su gane cewa gwamnati na nufin alheri gare su”.
A nasa bangaren, Adeyanyu ya ce ziyarar da ya kai Adelabu domin neman yadda za a yi hadin gwiwa a kan makamashin hasken rana
A halin da ake ciki, kalaman Adelabu na zuwa ne a daidai lokacin da ‘yan Najeriya ke fuskantar tsadar makamashi daga man fetur da dizal zuwa wutar lantarki.
Kamfanonin rarraba wutar lantarki a Najeriya suna karbar Naira 209.5 a kowace kilowatt-awa a ranar 1 ga Yuli 2024 ga abokan cinikin da ke Band A, suna samun sa’o’i 20-22.
Idan ba a manta ba a ranar 3 ga watan Afrilu ne Hukumar Kula da Wutar Lantarki ta Najeriya ta amince da karin kudin wutar lantarki kashi 240 zuwa N225 a kowace kilowatt daga N66.
DAILY POST ta lura cewa farashin wutar lantarki a Senegal da Togo ya kai N296.10 da N353.68 a kowace kilowatt, sama da na Najeriya.
Sai dai kuma farashin wutar lantarki ya yi arha a Ivory Coast, wanda ke kan Naira 195.76 a kowace kilowatt-hour, a Ghana kuwa kan Naira 205.62 kan kowace kilowatt-hour har zuwa watan Afrilun 2024.