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Eight Power Plants Idle as Power Output Falls...See Current Figure

Posted by George on Fri 22nd Jul, 2016 - tori.ng

The power sector in Nigeria has suffered immense setback owing to the sabotage by Niger Delta militants.

 
According to the Guardian, 8 power plants are currently inactive as at two days ago due to the unavailability of gas to keep them operational as a result of destructive activities of the Niger Delta militants attacking oil pipelines.

For instance, Geregu Power Plant, Alaoji; National Integrated Power Project (NIPP); Olorunsogo NIPP; Ihovbor NIPP; Trans Amadi, Rivers; and Gbarain are idle and not generating even a kilowatt.

But a member of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta, who represents Okitipupa/Irele Federal Constituency, Mike Omogbehin, has faulted the claim that continued attacks on gas pipelines by militants in the Niger Delta are responsible for the drop in electricity supply in the country from more than 5000 to less than 3000 since February.

The lawmaker, who described such claim as unpopular, said there are options before Federal Government to roll out its plans for alternative power sources.

National daily generation report obtained by a reporter revealed that the country is recording a severe shortfall of 4,627.03 mega watts due to gas constraints which has brought down the country’s electricity generation from the highest peak output ever attained to 2,984.3mw as at yesterday.

This is far less than the country’s installed capacity of 11,165.40mw and available capacity of 7,139.60mw.

Already, some manufacturing companies are contemplating relocating to neighbouring countries where electric power supply is regular and policies more favourable. Some operators in the manufacturing sector are said to be spending over N28.8 billion monthly to generate electricity.

Companies like Coca Cola Plc, Nestle, Cadbury and other multinationals in the country have installed private power generating systems for their production processes, a decision they find necessary to avoid collapse of equipment, which may be caused by frequent outages.


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