Taraba State Government has cried out that it is currently helpless regarding the two weeks power outage that is making life difficult for inhabitants of Jalingo, the state capital.
It also said the bulk of the work of power restoration lies in the hands of the Federal Government, adding that all entreaties to the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, over the prolonged power outage have not been responded to.
According to her,"This issue is a federal matter, and I want to assure you that we are taking this matter very seriously. We have been working tirelessly with the Transmission Company of Nigeria and Yola Electricity Distribution Company to address the situation. "If there is one thing we have all learned in the past few days from the response time to faults and the priority of the heads in the sector, it is that the network to the North-East region is vulnerable.There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.
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