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Federal Government Moves To End Current Irregular power Supply

The Federal Government has outlined measures to end what is called power delivery challenges in the country.
Speaking to newsmen today, March 3 at the Presidential villa, Abuja, the Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu said that the government is worried over “the increased load shedding you may have observed in Abuja and other areas in the country.”
He said that the situation is as a result of the reduction in Hydro capacity during the dry season.
According to the Minister, additional load needs to be taken up by the nation’s gas plants, even as the country battles with the maintenance work in the Eastern Axis around Odukpani.
“The maintenance leads also to reduced power supply from the usually reliable NDPHC Calabar Power Plant and we are having challenges at Okoloma Gas Station linked to Afam VI power plant.
“We are working with NNPC and other Gas suppliers also to improve the pressure on the Western Axis that is precluding units from reaching optimum supply.
“These challenges are surmountable and we have a three pronged approach we are executing.
” One: “we are working on more Gas supply contracts for the Power sector backed by improved liquidity. These contracts will have stiff financial penalties for underperformance.
” Two: we will increase energy mix to improve energy security. We will complete the Zungeru Hydro plant, the Katsina Wind plant, Kashimbila Hydro as well as ensuring that the challenges with Gurara are permanently resolved (partnering with the Ministry of Water). We are also working to resolve issues that have prevented large On-grid Solar from taking off in Nigeria.
“And three: ” we are re-tooling the System Operator for improved dispatch optimization, based on technologies and improved maintenance schedule alignments across generators.
“The challenges have been identified and we have short term solutions as well as long term solutions.
“We are working assiduously to resolve short term load shedding challenges.
“I would like you also to take away that we deliver 8,000MW of electricity daily through a combination of Grid, Embedded and Industrial Captive supply of Electricity (not 4,000MW as is frequently reported). Much of this capacity has been added during the life of this administration.
“The Federal Government has secured and is executing up to $4 billion investments in the Grid to ensure more grid power is delivered to citizens.
“We are on the path to resolving the financial challenges in the sector and we will continue to provide robust and clear regulation to keep participants, such as DISCOs, GENCOs and even TCN in line to deliver for Nigerians.
I will continue to provide updates periodically on our progress.”

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