40% Of Nigerian Households Now Enjoy Electricity Supply For 20 Hours Everyday-Power Minister
Electricity supply has improved greatly in the country and over 40 per cent of Nigerian households now enjoy this for like 20 hours daily, Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, has submitted.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned that Adelabu, who made this assertion in a statement he issued on Sunday, said this milestone that was achieved within just a year, was as a result of the revolutionary measures taken by the ministry with the backing of President Bola Tinubu.
‘The major achievement is the fact that today we generate over 5,500 megawatts of power, we transmit and distribute it, and over 40 per cent of customers today enjoy over 20 hours of regular power supply across the nation. You can see that there is a significant improvement between when we came in and now, which we intend to improve further’ he said.
He noted that the ministry’s initiatives are in line with President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, which aims to enhance industrialization through consistent power supply adding that a stable electricity supply will result in economic success.
‘This is why we say that we must achieve this for Nigeria as a country’ he said.
Adelabu added that the ministry remains committed to its vision to provide reliable electricity to households, businesses, and institutions, in order to facilitate job creation and enhance operational capacity.
Reflecting on the ministry’s progress since the current administration came into being, he explained that the installed generation capacity has increased from 13,000 megawatts to over 14,000 megawatts.
‘Our installed capacity is over 14,000 megawatts of power due to the addition of the newly commissioned Zungeru hydroelectric power plant and improved capacity of some of the existing power plants’ he said.
‘The electricity that we enjoy today is not by accident. It’s because of all these transformers and mobile substations that we installed and inaugurated’ Adelabu added.
He disclosed that the ministry is working to close the meter gap by implementing the Presidential Metering Initiative, which aims to install over 10 million meters in five years while noting that the World Bank is supporting these efforts through the Distribution Recovery Programme.
‘At the end of the day, a large proportion of our population will be electrified, industries will enjoy stable electricity, and this will increase production and create employment for our people’ Adelabu also submitted while expressing optimism about the future of Nigeria’s electricity sector- “Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com. Thank you
