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The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has escaped being sacked during President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s cabinet reshuffling on Wednesday.


This comes despite incessant national grid collapses and blackouts for three days in Northern Nigerian states.

DAILY POST reports that Tinubu announced the sack of five ministers, appointed seven new ministers, and reshuffled others on Wednesday.

The ministers shown the exit door included Barr Uju-Ken Ohanenye, Minister of Women Affairs; Lola Ade-John, Minister of Tourism; and Prof Tahir Mamman, Minister of Education.

Others are Abdullahi Gwarzo, Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development; and Dr Jamila Bio Ibrahim, Minister of Youth Development.

Meanwhile, Nentawe Yilwatda was appointed Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Muhammadu Dingyadi, Minister of Labour and Employment, Mrs. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Minister of State Foreign Affairs, and Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment.


However, against expectations, Adelabu survived Tinubu’s sack despite calls for his removal.

Recently, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria called for Adelabu to be sacked over incessant grid collapses.

Earlier, Nigerian students under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students also made a case for Adelabu’s dismissal as Power Minister.

Experts in the power sector also urged Adelabu to be shown the exit door amid policy inconsistencies.

On Monday, DAILY POST recalls that the President of Nigeria Consumer Protection Network, Kunle Olubiyo, confirmed that some Northern states were plunged into darkness.

The Transmission Company of Nigeria, in a statement on Tuesday, confirmed the blackout in Northern states.

“The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) reports that its 330kV Ugwaji–Apir Double Circuit transmission lines 1 and 2 tripped due to a fault, resulting in a forced power outage affecting the North East, North West, and parts of North Central,” the statement by the TCN spokesperson said.

In an update on Wednesday, Olubiyo said the blackout had yet to be fixed by the Transmission Company of Nigeria as the region remained without electricity supply.

“Why hasn’t the TCN MD, as a matter of emergency, mobilized men from HQ to assist the Enugu team in sorting the problem that has put many Northern states in darkness for 3 days now?” he said.

This comes after the national grid collapsed at least four times last week, resulting in a nationwide blackout.

In 2024, the grid has collapsed more than eight times.

Source: https://dailypost.ng/Nigerian-Power-Minister-Adelabu-escapes-Tinubu’s-sledge-hammer-amid-incessant-grid-collapses

Adelabu should be given more time to sort things out. The power situation in Nigeria is gradually improving

Adelabu is one of the best minister. It does not make any sense to sack him. Sacking Adelabu is like sacking Umahi.

The sledgehammer should only fall on all IPOB ministers under this dispensation, because IPOB ministers will do anything to sabotage this government.

In preparation for 2027 he is of electoral value and this our little community is getting improved power supply than before

Alright

Sacking Adelabu will make zero sense cos no appointee can wand a magic to restore the Nigerian Power sector overnight. At least, there have been some slight improvements since his appointment.

Power is gradually improving

The power sector is improving... But he needs to look into the excess charges from the electrical distribution companies as they're manipulating the system to charge innocent Nigerians...

Whether you are using the estimated bill or prepaid meter. The charges will leap up without a notice.

Part 2 coming soon

Escape or not, all of them are useless including Thiefnubuu himself. They never meant well for Nigeria when he paid himself the subsidy money for months. He and his wife said they don't need Nigerian's money, but they're doing the very opposite.

Wealth they'll all leave behind when they die.
Such a criminal minded family of crooks. His sons are running his refinery the so called Malta. They're frustrating Dangote so that importing of fuel from his refinery will continue. Otherwise tell me why they can't fix our local refineries. Despite spending billions of dollars.
The hottest part of hellfire are reserved for corrupt Nigerian politicians and their supporters.
Evil people

Which rubbish hammer..he should use that hammer and destroy the hunger he induced from his first day in office.


If 30k is not small for you.
My signature might intrest you..the faster the better

I think the man his trying his best, we have a lot of infrastructure deficit in Nigeria.

Mtchewww

dareyking:
I think the man his trying his best, we have a lot of infrastructure deficit in Nigeria.

No, he isn't.
Who is meant to tidy up the infrastructure deficit? Me?

Of course

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Shadomaan7:
Adelabu should be given more time to sort things out. The power situation in Nigeria is gradually improving

I agree with you on Power improvements,but he is yet to tell Nigerians:
- how many Prepaid Meters are in Nigeria as at today?
- how many Transformers are in Nigeria and why should some Areas Switched-Off for other Areas to have Lights e g in IKORODU,some Areas are Off and ON- but why,after all you have EGBIN Power Station - here,so if you cannot give Lights 🚨 in an Area where you have Station,will you be able to Power other Long kilometres Areas?
• the Minister and Tinubu knows what they are doing about Power.
But is this the way and manners to enjoy Uninterrupted Lights as we see in Developed Countries - as in USA, Britain, Dubai etc?
Sincerity, Accountabilities( DISCOS are very Corrupt,like NNPC),Integrity are the hallmark of a good organisation, even a Nation.

Shadomaan7:
Adelabu should be given more time to sort things out. The power situation in Nigeria is gradually improving

If the word is "improving" i wonder how your life go be

Before Adelabu came on board what was the generated megawatt, as it gone up or surpassed

How much were Nigerians paying for darkness before vs now

For any bus stop between oshodi to toll gate dem suppose dey slap you nii

Electricity supply has improve massively, and the System Operator of the TCN is about to be given out to private professionals for efficiency, improvements and prevention of incessant grid collapse.

But Nigerians need to understand reasons for national grid collapse.

There are 26-grid connected power plants currently.

These power plants generate the power that the entire country uses, and it's synchronised and distributed across the country by the TCN.

TCN are the ones that handle the distribution of power by sending it to Discos.

TCN is a government owned entity that majorly operates in three (3) different departments.

1. Transmission Service Provider (TSP)
2. System Operator (SO)
3. Market Operator (MO)

- TSP are the ones in charge of maintaining the cables and towers that transmit the light.

- MO are the ones that handle market processes, rules, enforcement, finances, etc.

- SO are the ones in charge of maintaining and stabilising our national grid.

National grid is the interconnections of high transmission wires/cables across the country.

Grid frequency measures the demand and supply of electricity despatch to consumers from the Gencos.

Frequency meters are measured in hertz (Hz).

Based on the grid code, our normal frequency level is supposed to be 50Hz.

Example:
If the current power generation is 4000MWh and people are using all the 4000MWh, then supply is equal to demand, and frequency should be 50Hz.

This is a perfect condition that is highly unlikely.

If we are generating 4000MWh and People are using 3700Mwh, then obviously supply is higher than demand, and for that reason, the frequency will show you 51Hz.

If we are generating 4000MWh and people are trying to use 4200MWh, demand is higher than supply, and for that reason, the frequency will show 49Hz.

I know you will ask me how you can be generating 4000MWh and be trying to use 4200MWh😅😅

Take, for instance, your using I-pass-my-neighbour generator, and you're trying to connect 2HP A.C. with microwave on the generator😂

The generator will just automatically shut down.

That's how it happens, too, on the national grid.

Nigerian national grid is set to operate on a designated frequency level

Upper limit = 51.25Hz

Lower limit = 48.75Hz

The job of an S.O. is to make sure that the frequency movement is in between these 2 levels

Any significant deviation from these 2 levels, i.e., if it exceeds the threshold above or below it, such might trigger a national grid collapse.

A grid collapse is not like a collapse that something bad happens, no. The 26 grid connected generators will automatically shut down because of safety and security reasons.

In your houses, if you have a serious electrical fault, the circuit breaker will trip off to shut down the entire supply and protect everyone from potential injury or damages.

The demand for electricity is not static. For example, let's say you have 10 ACs in your house and other appliances.

In full capacity, your house is consuming 500Kwh, and average capacity can be 300Kwh or less.

Lets say in this hot weather, they only allocate 250Kwh to your house, and you're trying to use it in full capacity, if you switch on everything the demand will exceed the available supply you have and for that reason the light will automatically go off

These are all examples of how a demand is trying to exceed supply and how the system will protect itself.

On the flip side, when supply exceeds demand, the system will equally go off for safety reasons.

In Nigeria, supply does not always exceed demand unless there is an adverse event that occurs. I will explain.

In 2022, when TCN unions (NUEE) decide to go on strike, they just off the light abruptly without notice nor following the normal process, this trigger imbalance

Between the demand and supply.

They off the electricity around Abuja axis and co areas without the S.O. necessarily transferring the load somewhere. This resulted in higher supply, less demand because the generators are working, but nobody to pick load. It means

For E.g, there is 4000MWh being generated from GenCos. You went ahead to shut down almost 500MWh without channelling that MWh somewhere else. It becomes a redundant, and the system does not accept redundancy. For that reason, the entire power plants go off to protect itself

The frequency will be showing something more than 52Hz in some cases because supply is higher than demand.

This is why you will see that they will bring light now and take it off again.

The demand is not static, and as its changing, the S.O. will also be Making sure that the supply is reasonable enough to maintain frequency reading within the allowable limit.

TCN will ask a disco to take 200Mw, and within a short time, they will reduce that 200Mw to 190Mw depending on how generation and demand are behaving

This is all done to protect the grid and maintain balance.

If TCN asks Disco to reduce the MW, that's when you see discos taking light off, or maybe if there is a major repair.

Also, if there is a repair and a disco can not offtake power, then either the disco rechannel it Somewhere or the TCN will do it themselves.

What causes grid collapse is not a deflection of small MW in the generation pool. It has to be a major disruption that is SIGNIFICANT enough to create imbalance within short time, making it impossible for the S.O. to react immediately.

You have a generation pool of 4000MW, and a sudden problem occurs at the transmission line, which takes out almost 500MW off. This is significant enough to cause grid collapse.

Even that 500MW, it has to be so fast that the S.O. cannot react at the immediate point.

Disruption like 10MW, 20MW is not significant enough, and it's usually handled by the S.O. or even the disco

Other ways to maintain the grid without collapsing is to have the full and complete use of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA).

This will make it easy for the S.O. to react faster and save the grid from collapsing.

Spinning reserve is also another option

But we do not have enough generation talkless of having a spinning reserve 😅😅

Reserve means a situation where demand is increasing, and you're matching up the demand by increasing supply immediately 😅

After grid collapses, the S.O. will immediately order the restoration or start off of power plants again. They usually call it black start.

They initiate the power plant and begin to give electricity to strategic discos gradually

It's a normal process, just like when your circuit breaker trips off, then you fix it and on your light again.

This is why the grid will collapse, and they will restart it before the news even go out. By the time its in the news, some people will be saying, but we have light😂

Need to also mention that some power plants are not connected to the grid, and there is partial collapse and system-wide collapse. These can also be the reason why someone from a far away remote location can be claiming to have light when the grid collapses.

Credit to Habu Sadiek for the in depth analysis.

Ikaeniyan0:
Adelabu is one of the best minister. It does not make any sense to sack him. Sacking Adelabu is like sacking Umahi.

On what basis or should i say weytin you see

He should have been the first name on the list

Shadomaan7:
Adelabu should be given more time to sort things out. The power situation in Nigeria is gradually improving

omo, hope say u know say this your lie now follow dey destroy the country

JASONjnr:
The power sector is improving... But he needs to look into the excess charges from the electrical distribution companies as they're manipulating the system to charge innocent Nigerians...

Whether you are using the estimated bill or prepaid meter. The charges will leap up without a notice.

In what way as it improved ??

Adelabu should have been the First person thrown out of that FEC meeting but he seems close to the President.

I knew this Government is not a serious one when they ostracize El-Rufai from the administration.

El-Rufai, like Wike was coming to Bulldoze the Power Sector but Tinubu and his goons have other plans, to keep us in perpetual darkness

Nepotism will not allow Tinubu to sack the fat lying foolish minister of darkness.

Adelabu must have his reasons for whatever is going on. My opinion though

Adelaja is Tinubu’s guy na

Adelabu is already doing the work Tinubu sent him to do, at least he has increased tariff like twice now and that's what the president wants.. So from the power sector, he has been able to generate alot of money

Shadomaan7:
Adelabu should be given more time to sort things out. The power situation in Nigeria is gradually improving

more time is always an excuse like his predecessor. And the next minister will come still use "more time" as an excuse.

Anyway, Tinubu sef need "more time" just like we gave Buhari his own "more time"

LandMann:
Nepotism will not allow Tinubu to sack the fat lying foolish minister of darkness.

Cry well well