The Minister of Women Affairs and
Social Development, Aisha Jummai
Alhassan has lamented the consistent
blackout at the Federal Secretariat in
the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja. She hinted that the delay in submitting
necessary documents for the 2017
budget defense to the House of
Representatives was as a result of the
consistent blackout. According to her, they had worked
without power supply for weeks. The Minister made this known on
Tuesday while addressing the House
Committee on Women Affairs and
Social Development in Abuja. She said, “The challenge we had is that,
sometimes at the secretariat, we stay
for three, four, five weeks without
light. “Right now, this is the third week that
we have stayed without light. “The permanent secretary and I had to
raise money personally to buy diesel at
the Women Centre to do it. “At the time, because there was no
light we couldn’t retrieve data from
the desk top computers. “Unfortunately, we did not have the
data in flash drives, so it was partly our
fault and partly not ours. “But all I can say is that, honourable
chairman, we sincerely apologize.