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Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja
Published 5:51 am
The Federal Government on Thursday said nine power plants were currently shut down, as this was why power outages had persisted recently across the country.
Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, said this in series of tweets via his official Twitter handle, while his ministry also disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja by his media aide, Aaron Artimas.
The ministry said the power outages had been bedeviling Nigeria, as it explained reasons for the problem.
The statement read in part, “The Ministry of Power is not unaware of the current power outages and shortages bedeviling many parts of the country.