The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Niger Delta Power Holding Company, Engr. Jennifer Adighije, has said the company is ready to supply an additional 1,500 megawatts of electricity to Lagos.
She disclosed this during a courtesy visit to the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission, Mrs Temitope George, in Lagos.
According to her, the company currently has about 2,000MW of stranded generation capacity.
She stated that Lagos currently receives about 1,000MW from the national grid despite having an estimated electricity demand of nearly 12,000MW, resulting in a significant supply shortfall.
“Our mandate is fundamentally to scale up power generation alongside the associated transmission and distribution networks. We are uniquely positioned in the power sector because our operations cut across the entire electricity value chain — from gas to generation, transmission and distribution,” Adighije said.
She noted that NDPHC owns some of the largest power generation assets in sub-Saharan Africa, with an installed generation capacity of about 4,000MW.
She added that between 400MW and 500MW are currently dispatched daily due to operational constraints.
Adighije added that the recently published Lagos Electricity Market Report highlighted a substantial demand-supply imbalance in the state, which NDPHC is eager to help address through strategic collaboration with LASERC.
“The Lagos electricity market is very lucrative and dynamic. This is a market where we are willing to make huge investments. In the past, our investments were largely intervention-based, but now we are looking at a market where there is a clear path to investment recovery,” she said.
The Managing Director of LASERC expressed the Lagos State Government’s commitment to improving electricity supply and expanding energy access across the state.
She stated that with NDPHC’s willingness to partner with Lagos to provide power and invest in infrastructure, residents will begin to experience improved and more reliable electricity supply in the near future.
