Checks on the Nigeria Electricity System Operator’s website revealed that the zero megawatt generation occurred at 07:12 hours yesterday. But the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) later issued a statement confirming that the drop in generation had been restored to 1,400 MW.
Describing the 1,400 MW as low generation, the TCN noted that the country’s power generation had earlier on Monday, May 16, peaked at 2, 868:30 MW.
Maintaining that the 1,400 MW low generation figure was noticed through the electricity generation into the National Grid, the TCN said that the downward trend of electricity generation was due to constraints in the thermal power stations. The statement, which was signed by the TCN Asst. General Manager (Public Affairs), Mr. Clement Ezeolisah, stated: “The management of the System Operation/Market Operation of the TCN has alerted that electricity generation into the National Grid has dropped to 1400MW as at Tuesday, 17th May. “The downward trend of electricity generation is due to constraints in the thermal power stations, which have prevented the generators from producing at optimal levels.
“However, it is noteworthy to report that all stakeholders are working assiduously to achieve improvements in the power supply deliverables. “The attendant inconvenience as a result of low power generation is regretted.”
Meanwhile, Executive Secretary of the Association of Nigeria Electricity Distributors (ANED), Sunday Oduntan, has absolved the distribution companies of the power supply crisis rocking the country. On why there is no sufficient electricity, the DISCOs spokesperson said on the sideline of a press conference yesterday: “Gas pipeline vandalism leads to shortage of gas to power stations; shortage of gas leads to low generation; low generation and poor transmission facilities leads to low distribution. Therefore, DISCOs are not to blame for poor power supply. We cannot give what we don’t have.”
In another development, the Federal Government and France have signed a N14 billion-loan agreement for capacity building and upgrade of power training facility in Nigeria. This is contained in a statement issued yesterday by Country Director, French Development Agency (AFD), Mr. Olivier Delefosse. Delefosse said the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed during the recent visit of President François Hollande of France to Abuja to attend the Second Regional Summit.
According to him, the agreements were signed between AFD and the Ministry of Finance in the presence of Hollande and President Muhamadi Buhari. “A $46.2 million (about N13bn) subsidised loan granted by AFD to the Government of Nigeria, to enhance vocational training in the power sector, was signed. “A $100 million subsidised line of credit granted by AFD to Zenith Bank, dedicated to the financing of investments of electricity distribution companies (DISCOs), was signed.”
Delefosse also said that additional and paired financing agreements were signed by Mrs. Laurence Breton-Moyet, AFD Chief Operating Officer and a member of the AFD Executive Board. “A 350,000 euro (about N120 million) Grant Agreement was signed between AFD, Schneider Electric Nigeria and National Power Training Institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN),” he said. The agreement, he said, aimed at implementing a technical partnership between Schneider Electric Nigeria and NAPTIN for the development of a flexible and affordable training programme for freelance electricians.
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