Power generation collapses to zero megawatt for three hours

Nigeria’s power generation collapsed to zero megawatt around 1pm on Thursday, and the situation lasted for about three hours.

Data from the country’s system operator showed that no power generation company produced a single megawatt of electricity throughout that period.

Babatunde Fashola, minister of power, works and housing, said the sudden downing of the three turbines at the Jebba Hydro power station was responsible for the situation.

Fashola, who said the power in the country was inadequate, said the faulty turbines had been fixed.

“Yesterday morning, we had some outages in Jebba. I have just been informed now that out of all the four turbines that were down, three have been restored, so there is stability now,” he said.

“There is not enough power in the country and how do you share what is not enough? It’s difficult, if not impossible. What we need to do is to get more power on.”

Fashola said the challenges will not prevent the current administration from fulfilling its promise of generating 10,000 megawatts.

Meanwhile, the minister has resolved the dispute between Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) and Geometric Power Limited

- Thecable.ng.