The federal government has announced plans to ensure that Nigerians enjoy at least 20 hours of stable electricity daily by 2027.
Special Adviser to the President on Energy, Olu Verheijen, revealed this during the Energy Week in Cape Town, South Africa, emphasizing that this goal depends on sufficient investment in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector.
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Verheijen highlighted the government’s commitment to providing more reliable electricity access for the 86 million Nigerians currently underserved. This initiative aims to improve revenue assurance and collection.
The announcement comes amid frequent collapses of Nigeria’s national power grid, which have led to widespread blackouts. The grid collapsed again on Thursday, marking the second incident this week and the twelfth in the last eleven months.
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) attributed these collapses to the inability of electricity distribution companies (DisCos) to handle the power generated.
Despite having the capacity to generate approximately 13,000 MW and transmit up to 8,000 MW, the limited infrastructure of DisCos results in system failures..
With the addition of the 700MW Zungeru hydroelectric plant, Nigeria’s national grid now has an installed power generation capacity of about 13,610MW.
However, the total active distribution capacity of the 11 DisCos is still around 4,000MW.
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