The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu on Sunday claimed that over 40 percent of Nigerians now enjoy 20 hours of electricity supply daily.
The Minister explained that the achievement was made possible by the groundbreaking steps the government took to guarantee that Nigerians would have more consistent and reliable access to energy in a statement made public in a report by his media aide, Bolaji Tunji.
The Federal Government through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, in April this year removed electricity subsidies for about two million customers in Band-A with an assurance of at least 20 hours of power supply daily.
According to NERC data, the average electricity generation in August was 4,150 megawatts. Nigeria is home to an estimated 200 million people.
Adelabu attributed this achievement to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s support. He after mark this year’s Independent Day Celebration in a report that the increase in power supply was due to the radical and bold steps that were taken.
“This feat is as a result of many of the revolutionary measures being undertaken by the Power Minister, with the support of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu”, he added.
According to him, the President had consistently advocated that Nigeria can be great and achieve breakthrough in industrialization, through a stable and consistent power supply.
“The major achievement is the fact that today we generate over 5,500 megawatts of power, we transmit and distribute it, and over 40% of customers today enjoy over 20 hours of regular power supply across the nation. You can see that there is a significant improvement between when we came in and now, which we intend to improve further”
As he highlighted that as one of the major and significant achievements of his ministry within the last one year.
