Nigeria’s power generation increased by 39.2MW, hits 5,459MW

NIGERIA’s power generation has reached a historic national peak of 5,459.50MW, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said.

In a statement today, the General Manager, Public Affairs, TCN, Ndidi Mbah, explained that the new record was achieved on Wednesday, October 28.

“This milestone in generation is higher than any peak ever recorded in the nation’s power industry as at date. The new peak surpasses the 5,420.30MW achieved on of August 18 this year by 39.2MW”, Mbah said.

The Acting Managing Director, Mr Sule Ahmed Abdulaziz commended all the players in the power sector value chain for the feat.

He attributed the “gradual but steady improvement in the quantum of power delivery to collaboration by the sector players, as well as the unbridled effort by the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Power, in setting the right environment for seamless operations”.