TODAY
March 9, 2021
Nigeria’s power sector lost N6.868 billion to challenges associated with insufficient gas supply, distribution infrastructure and transmission infrastructure in seven days.
The power loss figure is contained in statistics exclusively obtained by newsmen from the Advisory Power Team, Office of the Vice President, State House, Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.
A breakdown of the N6.8 billion loss figure indicated that on March 5, average energy sent out was 4,978 MWH/Hour (up by 55.72 WH/Hour from the previous day) while it lost an estimated N988,000,000 (Nine Hundred and Eighty Eight Million Naira) due to constraints from insufficient gas supply, distribution infrastructure and transmission infrastructure. Peak generation attained on same day was 5,582.2 MW