Adelabu summons TCN, NERC leadership to emergency meeting over grid collapse
Adelabu also constituted a forensic investigation committee with a mandate to advise the government on necessary solutions to make the national grid robust and reliable
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Power Minister decries rejection of power by Discos
The minister noted that this was due partly to the fragility of the transmission and distribution infrastructure which he said had become old and dilapidated, leading to the historical epileptic supply of power to households, industries and businesses.
FG, states raise N100bn for prepaid meter procurement
The mandate we have was to procure and install a minimum of two million meters on a yearly basis over the next five years.
Presidential Metering Council targets two million prepaid meters annually, says Adelabu
The government will be partnering with local manufacturers to making the equipment not own readily available, but to also ensure that the government’s target over the next four years is met.
FG launches $500m power transmission project for Lagos-Ogun Industrial Corridor
The JICA project aims to boost power transmission infrastructure within and outside the Ogun industrial corridors, covering Agbara, Mowe, and Shagamu industrial clusters.
FG earmarks $118 for power supply improvement
Mr. President has soft spot for the eastern part of Nigeria hence industries in such axis must be revived.
Labour, private sector protest as Discos hike tariff again
The Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress, and Organised Private Sector, on Wednesday, faulted the latest hike in the electricity tariff payable by customers in the Band A Category. Following the depreciation of the naira against the United States dollar, and inflation, among other factors, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission again raised the tariff payable…
Electricity sector’s penkelemesi
Adelabu, grandson of Adegoke Adelabu, stormy petrel politician of pre-Independence Ibadan politics, should quit explaining the shortcomings of the Gencos and the Discos and concentrate his efforts on expanding the capacity of the national grid that the Bretton Woods institutions should have advised.
$2.3bn Siemens power project transformers, substations arrive Nigeria
The development came a few months after the Federal Government renewed the mega power project contract with the German government and Siemens, following several months of delays.
Egbin Power receives FG’s assurance on debt settlement, improved gas supply
By Oke Peter The Honourable Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has affirmed Federal Government’s commitment to gradually offset the debt owed Nigeria’s largest power generation company, Egbin Power, starting next month April, while noting that constraints of gas supply and foreign exchange are also being tackled. This was made known during the Minister’s visit to…