Nigeria’s Minister for Power, Eng. Sale Mamman says the Federal Government is aware of the power outages being experienced by Nigerians and is, therefore, working assiduously to resolve the challenges to ensure regular supply of power.
He noted that the problem has resulted in the breakdown of some National Integrated Power Plants supplying electricity to the national grid.
The plants are namely Sapele, Afam, Olonrunsogo, Omotosho, Ibom, Egbin, Alaoji and Ihovbor.
The Jebba Power Plant was shut down for annual maintenance.
Seven other integrated power plants namely Geregu, Sepele, Omotosho, Gbarain, Omuku, Paras and Alaoji are experiencing gas constraints while the Shiroro plant has water management problems.
In a statement issued by Aaron Artimas, Special Assistant, Media and Communications to the Minister, it said:
“This unfortunate development has drastically affected power generation, thus, effectively minimising the national grid.
“The Minister of Power, Eng. Sale Mamman, regrets this unfortunate situation and offers his sincere apology to all affected Nigerians on the inconveniences the power shortages are causing.”
He assured that the Ministry, through the appropriate agencies, is working assiduously to rectify the technical problems affecting the plants as well as resolving the gas issues to the others.
Eng. Sale Mamman further assured that the national grid would be restored to its previous historic distribution peak of about 5,600MW of electricity achieved early this year, so as to relieve Nigerians of the current harsh climatic conditions and restore full economic activities.
Source: www.energynewsafrica.com
