Federal Government’s target of power generation hitting 10,000 Mega Watts in December, may well be a wishful thinking as Nigeria currently generate less than 3,000MW.
Over the years successive governments have set generation targets that were never realized, thus leaving major companies and small scale businesses to rely heavily on generating sets at higher costs for the survival of their businesses.
Familiar excuses
Numerous excuses were offered for the failures to achieve the targets, and indeed, the continuing epileptic supply of electricity to Nigerians.
Nigerian electricity consumers are already very familiar with these excuses, which range from inadequate funding to poor infrastructure, shortage of gas supply to pipeline vandalism. Even flooding and inadequate rainfall have also been cited as generation challenges.
So it did not come as a surprise when the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, attributed the current drop in generation to 2,290MW to the vandalism of two major gas pipelines supplying gas to eight power generating stations in the country.
The affected plants according to TCN include Egbin/AES Thermal Stations, Olorunsogo, Omotoso, Geregu NIPP, Afam IV and VI Thermal Power Stations as well as River State Independent Power Station, resulting in drastic reduction of power supply by 1,598MW.

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