By Akinyemi Precious Statistics by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on the proportion of metered to total revealed that over 5.96 million customers are being inaccurately charged by electricity distribution companies (DisCos) in the country. According to the report…
According to the latest Electricity report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Nigerians paid more for less electricity during the first quarter (January to March) of 2023. In this period, distribution companies (DisCos) generated revenue of N247.33 billion while…
By Seun Ibiyemi The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) on Sunday directed its members to withdraw their services nationwide over the sudden removal of fuel subsidy by the Nigerian government. The NUEE in a notice signed by its Acting…
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) says the current power outage in some parts of South-East is due to recent rainstorm within the zone. This is contained in a statement issued by the Head, Corporate Communications of EEDC, Mr Emeka…
By Dakuku Peterside . Every Nigerian knows that we have an electricity problem. It has been a recurrent sound bite in development discourse in Nigeria post- indepe ndence. This challenge is generational and has defied all attempts in the past…
With the inadequacy of the national grid to meet the growing electricity needs of Nigerians, the citizens and some operators are agitated, and so, advocate for the decentralization of the grid to allow sub-national entities to generate and distribute electricity.…
The Federal Government has taken further steps to break electricity industry monopoly after President Muhammadu Buhari signed into law the constitutional amendment that allows the state government to license, generate, transmit, and distribute electricity. This was made known in a…
…Govt needs to revisit power sector privatisation to address challenges – Expert By Seun Ibiyemi and Ogaga Ariemu Following N95.8billion owed by customers, there are indications that all electricity distribution companies (DisCos) may embark on mass disconnection of customers to enable…
An estimated 12.792 million registered consumers paid at least N1.367 trillion as charges for power supply to them by the 11 Distribution Companies (DisCos) within 23 months – from November 2020 to September 2022. According to an analysis of data…
The Federal Government and a U.S. firm, Sun Africa LLC, the largest U.S. renewable energy company operating in Africa, has signed a development and Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) implementation framework agreement for the construction of 5,000 MW of solar…
