The investigation has shown that between January 1 and March 6, Nigeria’s power sector lost N117.8bn. Findings showed that the sector kept losing billions of naira daily, as it lost as much as N2bn daily in some days during the period under review. It was also gathered that the least amount lost by the sector…
White Paper presented at Power Sector Roundtable Conference hosted by Mainstream Energy Solutions Limited on September 24, 2019 at Kainji Dam Hydropower Plant, Niger State BackgroundThe slow pace of economic diversification The Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) contains the federal government’s position to diversify the economy away from oil towards developing the agricultural and…
Oke Peter with Agency Report A report obtained Thursday from the System Operations (SO), a department of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has shown that the level of electricity distribution by the 11 electricity distribution companies (Discos) in the country has significantly dropped to 2,962.82 megawatts (MW) or 46.73 per cent. The report, which…
The six-year electricity deal signed by the Federal Government and Germany-based Siemens AG in July will cost more than N1.15 trillion to execute. The Punch has reported. The three-phase Nigerian electrification project which aims to achieve 25,000 megawatts of electricity in the country by 2025 will require more than N1.15 trillion to execute, according to…
