Power Minister Advocates For Reform As Key To Governance Structure Of Nigeria

The Minister of Power Engr. Abubakar D. Aliyu has described the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) as key to the entire governance structure of Nigeria.

Abubakar spoke while receiving the Director General of the BPSR, Mr. Arabi Dasuki and his team who paid him a courtesy call at his office, Maitama, Abuja on Tuesday.

He chronicled the reforms in the Nigeria electricity supply industry and assured the BPSR of the Ministry of Power’s cooperation for them to achieve their mandate.

The Minister further stated that though the reform process takes time, the Nigeria electricity supply industry has both Government and private sector involvement and the reforms of the Public service of which the BPSR is championing through its measuring instrument will further propel the Ministry of Power to perform optimally.

Speaking earlier, the Director General of the BPSR, Mr. Arabi Dasuki commended the reforms in the Power sector, stating that their visit was to further reintroduce the BPSR whose mandate is to initiate action on reforms in the Public Service, coordinate, monitor, and evaluate the implementation of the reforms in the Public Service.

He said the reforms in the financial sector especially, the single treasury account in operation in Nigeria has attracted about 3 countries who have come to study its operations and successes at curbing corruption.