Nigerian Govt Fails To Meet 6,000MW Power Target

The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has claimed that the rate of vandalism which targets critical power transmission equipment, has hindered the federal government’s goal of achieving 6,000 megawatts of electricity by December 2024.

The Special Adviser on Strategic Communication and Media Relations, Bolaji Tunji, stated this while speaking with Punch.

Nigeria’s power generation currently ranges between 4,000 MW and 4,900 MW from 19 power generation plants, serving a population of approximately 200 million people.

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For instance, the latest operational report showed that the country’s power generation was 4,363.79MW as of 6 am on Saturday.

Earlier this year, Adelabu pledged that power generation in Nigeria would reach 6,000MW by the end of the year, citing improvements in the sector over the past year.

However, the frequent collapse of the nation’s electricity grid and the vandalisation of towers ultimately affected the stability of the electricity supply, hindering efforts to raise the country’s power generation.