Nigeria Plunges Into Darkness As Power Allocation To Abuja Drops To 15MW

By Juliet Alohan for Leadership Newspapers.


Fear of impending darkness all over the nation has finally become reality as power allocation to Abuja yesterday evening dropped to mere 15 megawatts (MW) from an average of 450MW.

LEADERSHIP gathered from impeccable sources last night that the final straw that broke the camel’s back was the system collapse at the Shiroro power plant at about 4:10pm yesterday.

While other major power plants such as Egbin, Olorunsogo 1 and 11, Omotosho 1 and 11, Sapele and Ihorvbor NIPPs, among others, had been forced to shut down due to non-availability of gas as a result of the ongoing strike by oil workers in the country, the Shiroro plant which was helping to prevent the country from being plunged into total darkness also experienced system collapse.

Consequently, a source informed LEADERSHIP that only sensitive installations within Abuja city centre are supplied electricity while all other parts of the FCT, including towns in Niger, Nasarawa, and Kogi states covered by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), are in total darkness.

This development means that almost all other states of the federation are currently in total darkness, as the 15MW is a privileged preference given to Abuja as the nation’s capital.

Last Thursday, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Power, Ambassador Godknows Igali disclosed that power generation nationwide had dropped from 4,800MW to 1,327MW, leading to massive load shedding across the country.

Following that development, the management of AEDC issued text messages apologising to its customers in the FCT, Kogi, Nasarawa and Niger states.

Power allocation to the company from the national grid gradually dropped from about 450MW daily to less than 200MW in recent times.

By Friday May 22, 2015, allocation to the company was 145MW, which reduced to 115.6MW on Saturday and Sunday, May 23 and 24, 2015, respectively.

But yesterday’s system collapse of Shiroro power plant has now reduced it to a meagre 15MW, it was learnt.

In view of this, up to about 6:50pm yesterday, only sensitive installations within the Central Business District in the capital territory had electricity supply.

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That is serious

Whoever ordered the oil workers strike should be stoned!

I need youwin grant to go into mass production for candle stick. FEDERAL CAPITAL for that matter.

Jonathan
Jonathan
Jonathan

How many times did I call you. you did not answer me, OK continue, just because people are trekking for Buhari, you forced us to trek for you by all means through fuel scarcity. We did not complain, now it's power supply

Abuja drops MW??..what is d fate of other places? Nigeria as a con3 is a joke

Countdown to May29...... 4days to sweep away "cluelessness" and impunity to criminals out of Nigeria. Can't wait to see heads rolling

Pathetic. Ordinary hospitals have power systems generating 15MW in obodo oyinbo.

I dnt even knw wat to say

Country For Sale!

Lagos Island IPP generates 15MW of electricity.
Now most of the power generating plants are nonfunctional either cause of shortage of gas or from them been broken down.
Naija matter na to siddon look with GEJ pose

Thats the last phase of the TRANSFORMATION agenda given us by our Legend of Cluelessness!
Other states got worse than 15MW Afterall.

We sell lantern of different types and sizes.Rush for a mouthwatering deal of 50% discount on every purchase of kerosene and hurricane lamp.We also give 2litres of free kerosene for 2 kerosene lamps bought.Thanks.

is there any way forward?!
imagine a capital city having 15MW to show as available supply of power.

Where are the Christians in this country? Where are those who can lay? Why will Nigeria b plunged into darkness and crisis? This is appalling.

be calm....be not afraid....

Only those that voted for GMB will suffer it

Others are still enjoying transformed light and unrivaled fresh air

The logic of some Nigerians....

What a country. Now TANoids tell me,is the country better off now than the way Gej met it?
I know he is a hero, a hero to fools.

I have not seen light since Thursday