- Safiu Kehinde
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has vowed that power generation will hit 6,000 Megawatts increase before the end of the year 2024.
Adelabu made this assurance in a statement issued yesterday by his Special Adviser on Strategic Communication and Media Relations, Bolaji Tunji.
He disclosed that Nigeria’s power generation rose to a three-year high of 5,313mw on Monday.
Adelabu, therefore urged Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) to take more energy in order to prevent a grid collapse.
”When power is produced and not picked by the DisCos, it could lead to grid collapse as frequency drops.
”Efforts will be made to encourage industries to purchase bulk energy,” he said.
According to reports, the federal government, had in May, pledged to generate 6,000 megawatts of electricity before the end of the year.
During his ministerial address in Abuja while presenting achievements of his ministry since President Bola Tinubu assumed office on May 29, 2023, Adelabu, said the country’s power generation rose to 5,000MW on May 3.
Meanwhile, Adelabu vowed that power generation in Nigeria would hit 6,000MW before the end of this year, going by the improvements in the sector in 2023.