Nigeria's Power Generation Rises To 7,000 Megawatts - Fashola

Director, Public Procurement/representative of Permanent Secretary, Power, Engr. Ahmed Abdul (left); Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, and Permanent Secretary, Works and Housing, Mohammed Bukar during day two of the 4th edition of the top management retreat for directors, heads of departments and chief executive officers of agencies and parastatals of Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, with the theme: Goal Setting and Goal Reaching for a Focused Team, at the Transcorp Hotels, Calabar, Cross River State on 03/08/2018. Photo: The Guardian 

Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, says the country is generating 7,000 mega watts of electricity.

Speaking on Friday in Calabar, Fashola said although there was still more to be done, the ministry had moved forward from where it was three years ago.

He said, “Three years ago, the story was that power generation was the main problem of Nigeria. The story was that the distribution companies were complaining that they did not have enough energy to distribute to Nigerians.

“We were distributing averagely 2,690 mega watts of electricity to Nigerians, but today, that story has changed, distribution has risen to 5,222 mega watts, an all time national high.

“Transmission has reached 7,000 while generation has reached 7000. The problem has not finished but all we can say is that we have made progress.”

Fahsola also said that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration was constructing roads in virtually all the 36 states some of which were through collaborative efforts as well as direct interventions.





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