Nigeria gets about 40,000 megawatts of electricity from generators powered by Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, and those run by Automotive Gas Oil, also known as diesel, the Federal Government declared on Tuesday.

It disclosed this at the ministerial summit on Integrated National Electricity Policy and Strategic Implementation Plan while examining the key challenges to Nigeria’s electricity reliability through the prism of governance, adherence to rules/contracts and finance.

Nigeria’s power generation and supply from its national grid revolves between 3,500MW and 4,500MW for an estimated population of 200 million people.

In his address at the summit, the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, pointed out that one of the main objectives of the Nigerian electricity sector reform programme initiated over 23 years ago was to make electricity available to consumers across the country with efficiency and consistency.

This, however, had yet to be achieved, rather, according to the minister, Nigeria had continued to burn hundreds of billions of naira to generate electricity through diesel- and petrol-powered generators.

He stated that electricity consumption per capita in Nigeria was at 140kilowatt-hour in 2021, relatively low in comparison to neighbouring countries and almost three times lower than the average for Sub-Saharan Africa.

Adelabu said, “Nigeria is a case study in a deep electricity paradox. Nigeria has grown to become the host of probably the world’s largest fleet of diesel- and petrol-powered generation capacity that is utilised for baseload supply.

“Various figures have been mentioned but it is safe to say that this fleet measures no less that 40,000MW of total capacity.

“At an average operating cost of no less than N250/kWh as opposed to an average economic tariff today of approximately N120/kWh (weighted between petrol and diesel generation), the daily cost of this extreme inefficiency in electricity supply in Nigeria, is measurable in tens of billions of naira daily.”

He added that this “is hard-earned money that would better be deployed to savings, discretionary consumer spending and tax revenue for governments instead of being literally burnt and going up in diesel and petrol emissions that harm our environment and contribute to incessant noise pollution in many of Nigeria’s cities.

“It’s an honour to leverage my role in bringing together our industry for collaborative action, aiming to rectify this disconcerting situation. Our immediate goal is to significantly transform the current ratio between backup electricity generation and on-grid supply in the near to mid-term.”

Adelabu also pointed out that it was time to restructure the Transmission Company of Nigeria into two entities: the Independent System Operator, and the Transmission Service Provider.

“This restructuring must synchronise with the evolving landscape of State Electricity Markets, addressing calls for the decentralisation of the national grid into regional grids interconnected by a new higher voltage national or super-grid.

“Essentially, we must ask whether the government should directly provide electricity nationwide or rather facilitate its provision. Drawing comparisons with China’s centralised model and the US’s diverse access models—like rural cooperatives and state-based utilities with regulatory oversight—presents various considerations.”

Adelabu also told stakeholders at the summit that encouraging “our Pension Fund Administrators, who collectively wield over N17tn, to delve into understanding NESI (Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry) and fostering bankable strategies for capital infusion is pivotal.”

He also noted that states, Local Government Areas and the current Discos must work together to invest in reinforcing and extending local distribution infrastructure in a way that enhances competition wherever possible, while also recognising the equitable vested interest that states have historically had in the shareholding of the Discos.

“State governments, in turn, must recognise that state-level policymaking and regulation is of value only if they attract investment into their domestic electricity markets,” the power minister stated.

Source: https://punchng.com/Nigeria-gets-40-000MW-power-from-generators-says-FG

Shame on government.
Can't provide power for it's citizens.
Yet , it's still them that is behind generator importation business.
And still make AGO & PMS unaffordable for the lower class, while killing businesses with high overhead cost.

Good

Too bad that the successive governments allowed that to happen. Just imagine the damage being done to the environment by generating power individually outside hydro and thermal which can be easily regulated.

Do these guys know that it's more than six months already since they grab and snatch power

They are still speaking grammar

What a stupid statement from a stupid minister.

We will keep on hearing and reading stories and excuses for the next 8years and they will be fine and dusted. There was a country indeed

What’s in place to turn things around.
We keep hearing the problem over and over but no solution and dedication to put an end to this embarrassment.

You know I stopped believing in Nigeria since 2011.

Most of the things I saw afterwards, didn't surprise me.

Follow the money . The factories in China, Uk and Japan who make these generators have collaborators and shareholders from Nigeria. Anyone trying to change the status quo will likely be eliminated or sabotaged.

Hmmm! This Adelabu sounds woke. But then, that's how Barth Nnaji and Fashola sounded during their times but they failed. They try to use sounding woke to deceive us.

CoronaVirusPro, banku, your country is getting worse but you are more concerned about how Peter Obi is spending money.

Don't you ever feel stupid each time you behave like national traitors?

Power in Nigeria is a story for the gods

Statistical breakfast that must be "chopped" and digested.

Clap hand
Clap hand
I say clap hands for Nigeria government

And there will be no improvement after 4 years,.

It should even be more. If we have stable power supply no one will think of alternative generation if power. Fix power supply and price of goods and services will reduce and low of Medium scale enterprises will spring up

At last we have our 40,000mw. Did not know it’s from our generator.


What Apc cannot find out?
does not exist.

The previous and the present government are to be blamed, millions of dollars and naira has be budgetted for the power industry, but it has always been embezzled, the only minister that would have been able to do justice to the power sector was prof Bart Nnaji.

So FG is declaring that we generate our own electricity ourselves despite claiming to have revamped and improved the electricity situation in the country. Wow!!
What exactly does the govt do for it's citizens? Na you go build House after toiling hard, provide your own water, provide your own electricity(pay for transformers and electrical installations plus your generator), provide your own security (fencing, dogs, vigilantes) despite paying taxes and other government levies..

WHICH TOP TEN COUNTRY PRACTICE THIS IDEA

When you have thieves as your leaders.
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ednut1:
Follow the money . The factories in China, Uk and Japan who make these generators have collaborators and shareholders from Nigeria. Anyone trying to change the status quo will likely be eliminated or sabotaged.

But you don explain the chain in the electrificaton of Nigeria before: generation, transmission and distribution. I watched Tony Elumelu touring his plant in Delta state; I presume to be at the Genco level. With this your post, are you saying Nigeria would never experience uninterrupted electricity? If the people behind generators are so powerful, why have they not also scuttled the solar industry?

That's before Una remove subsidy..

Now that subsidy is gone...Na dead silence for my neighborhood...anyone wey dey run generator anyhow now, na suspected armed robber ..

So, Mr Minister, go back and redo your projection...we no dey produce reach that level for generators anymore

Gerrard59:


But you don explain the chain in the electrificaton of Nigeria before: generation, transmission and distribution. I watched Tony Elumelu touring his plant in Delta state; I presume to be at the Genco level. With this your post, are you saying Nigeria would never experience uninterrupted electricity? If the people behind generators are so powerful, why have they not also scuttled the solar industry?

can the average Nigerian even afford constant electricity Solar still needs batteries and is not that powerful, its also expensive. So not a threat to them per say. Shebi Atiku is rumoured to own Mikano.

We dont have issues with genco. Na transmission ( under government control as TCN) and distribution (discos) be real issue.

Believe a yorober man at ya own peril.


The only shot Nigeria got at power revamp was with Prof. Barth Nnaji.



Only an IGBO man can fix naija and it's complex issues.

The same Tinubu removed subsidy. The same has led to total crippling of the economy.

This is a shocking statement. Can he name the location and generation capacity of all generators contributing to the 40,000 megawatts of electricity?


Tinubu government is proving to be worse than Buhari, I thought it would be impossible to be worst than the dullard.

The CBN lifted FOREX restrictions on 43 items, and multinationals (PZ, GSK, P&G) immediately shut down their local operations and announced that they were moving into the lucrative import business.

Nigeria gets about 40,000 megawatts of electricity from generators powered by Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, and those run by Automotive Gas Oil, also known as diesel, the Federal Government declared on Tuesday.

"A serious government will solve the power problems in 6 months" - Babatunde raji Fashola.


8 years was given to him and we're currently worse than during PDP times.
This APC government is a curse, but some people support them because they think the party belongs to their region.

Nigeria Ntooor!

Balabluuuuuu

Bobloco:
Do these guys know that it's more than six months already since they grab and snatch power

They are still speaking grammar

That is how criminals run government. Just imagine the way abia state governor is working like someone put a challenge on him yet the federal government can hardly point out any they have done

oguns222:
CoronaVirusPro, banku, your country is getting worse but you are more concerned about how Peter Obi is spending money.

Don't you ever feel stupid each time you behave like national traitors?

That guy and his fellow mosquitoes are the daftest fools on this planet.
They don't care if this country burns as long as their man is in power