President Jonathan lies again, TCN
faults power generation claims Bassey Udo - 22 hours ago INVESTIGATION/SPECIAL REPORTS,
NEWS “Now, we are generating more than 5,000MW,” another false statement by President Jonathan? The Transmission Company of Nigeria,
TCN, has said that at no time has the
country’s electricity generation
capacity reached a peak of 5,000
megawatts, MW. This contradicts President Goodluck
Jonathan’s claim during his third
Presidential media chat last November
that the combined average power
generation capacity from all the power
plants in the country moved from less than 3,000 MW in 2007 to a new peak
capacity above 5,000 MW. The President had listed the 5,000MW
power generation capacity as one of
his administration’s major
achievements under the Power Sector
Reform agenda. “Power is one area Nigerians
appreciate we are moving. We are yet
to get 24 hours of light in our cities,
but you would agree with me the
difference is clear,” the president told
the panel of interviewers, which consisted of Muhammed Abubakar of
Nigerian Television Authority, NTA;
Martins Oloja of the Guardian; Ikedi
Isighuzor of Vanguard and Gbemi
Olujobi of the National Mirror. “We moved, in 2007, from about a
little below 3,000 MW production
average. “Now, we are generating more than
5,000MW (of electricity). “But because of weak transmission
infrastructure, we cannot evacuate,”
the president said. As at the time President made the
claim, TCN, the Power Holding
Company of Nigeria, PHCN, successor company in charge of monitoring
electricity transmission data in the
country, had given 4,321.3MW as the
country’s power generation capacity
as at August, 31, 2012. President’s Spokesman, Reuben Abati,
and the Special Adviser to the Minister
of Power, Garubadeen Mohammed,
did not respond to calls and mails sent
to them seeking clarification on the
source of the President’s controversial figure. But, the Assistant General Manager,
Public Affairs of TCN, Dave Ifabiyi, said
on Wednesday during a telephone
chat from Abuja that at no time had
the country’s power generation
capacity neared 5,000 MW. “There was never a time like that
(5,000MW generation capacity), never.
The highest peak generation of
4,517.6 MW was achieved on
December 23, 2012,” Mr. Ifabiyi said. Click the orange button bellow to
listen to Mr Ifabiyi. The TCN spokesman, said in a
previous statement, that a new peak
power generation capacity of 4,502.2
MW was achieved on December 21,
2012, an improvement on the 4,454.1
MW achieved on December 19. He attributed the achievement to the
commitment of the President to fulfill
his promise to Nigerians on improved
electricity supply. Mr. Ifabiyi dispelled any insinuation
that the TCN was probably not
evacuating all the generated electricity
when he said that transmission and
distribution companies would
continue to harness “every available generation to ensure delivery of stable
electricity supply” even as more
National Integrated Power Projects,
NIPPs became functional. This is not the first time President
Jonathan would be making a public
statement that turned out to be false. In his Independence Day broadcast to
Nigerians on October 1, the president
had claimed that “In its latest report, Transparency International (TI) noted that Nigeria is the second most
improved country in the effort to curb
corruption.” The claim turned out to be false. Following a PREMIUM TIMES enquiry,
Transparency International stated that it “does not have a recent rating or
report that places Nigeria as the
second most improved country in the
fight against corruption. The latest Transparency International Corruption Index report later released
placed Nigeria as the 35th most
corrupt country in the world. The president is yet to apologise to
Nigerians for that goof, just as he may
not apologise for this. TCN to improve operations The TCN Chief Executive Officer,
Olusola Akinniranye, said the
company would not relent in its efforts
to ensure that the transmission grid
functions effectively for greater
efficiency. Mr. Akinniranye said part of that effort
is to restore the Benin-Egbin 330kV
line as well as complete the new
transmission/distribution interface
projects to further enhance the
company’s power evacuation capacity. He appealed to electricity consumers
to continue to partner with TCN in
protecting electricity installations and
forestall vandalism, which he said was
constituting a major setback to efforts
to improve electricity supplies.

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“There was never a time like that
(5,000MW generation capacity), never.
The highest peak generation of
4,517.6 MW was achieved on
December 23, 2012,” Mr. Ifabiyi said.

“Now, we are generating more than 5,000MW,” another false statement by President Jonathan?

Even though it is 1000000mw , how can it translate to me having light at home

Although the electricity supply in my area (kubwa Abuja) is stable on average of 23h55min per day, but the presido don't need to lie cos peaple can see the diffrience no matter how small it may be.