Yemisi Izuora
The Ministry of Power has attributed the partial breakdown of a number of electricity generation assets to ongoing outages being experienced across the country.
The Ministry confirmed that some National Integrated Power Plants (NIPP) supplying electricity to the national grid broke down, it explained in a statement on Thursday.
Aaron Artimas, who is the Special Adviser to the Minister on Media and Communications, listed the affected plants to include Sapele, Afam, Olonrunsogo, Omotosho, Ibom, Egbin, Alaoji, and Ihovbor.
He noted that while the Jebba Power Plant was shut down for annual maintenance, the Shiroro Power Plant has water management problems.
Seven other integrated power plants – Geregu, Sepele, Omotosho, Gbarain, Omuku, Paras, and Alaoji – are experiencing gas constraints.
Artimas decried that the condition of the plants has drastically affected power generation, leading to effectively minimising the national grid.
In a series of tweets on Thursday, the Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, regretted the unfortunate situation and offered his apology to all affected Nigerians for the inconveniences the power shortages have caused.
He, however, assured Nigerians that the Ministry through the appropriate agencies was working assiduously to rectify the technical problems affecting the plants, as well as making effort to resolve the gas issues to the others.
