Tuesday, January 14, 2025 - Nigeria’s Minister
of Power, Adebayo Adelabu has said that power generation in Nigeria increased
by about 30 per cent in 2024.
Adelabu made the disclosure during his ministry’s 2025 budget defence
before the Senate Committee on Power at the National Assembly complex on
Monday, January 13.
Adelabu said that when he assumed the leadership of the power ministry
in 2023, he met an average of 4,100 megawatts of power generation.
“I can tell you authoritatively that by the end of 2024, we had a peak
generation of 5,528 megawatts of power from 4,100 megawatts that we met on the
ground.
“And the reason for this is not far-fetched. We added a new
hydroelectric power dam, Zungeru, with 700 megawatts.
“There was also a tremendous increase in the generation lines by other
existing generation companies,” he said.
The minister said that the target for power generation was 6,000
megawatts, however, due to the challenges experienced toward the end of 2024 in
terms of grid collapses, the ministry missed the target by a minimal margin.
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