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FG targets 6500 megawatts power generation in six months
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FG targets 6500 megawatts power generation in six months

Melvin Onwubuke The Federal Government has outlined a plan for increasing the country’s power generation from about 4000 megawatts to between 6000 and 6500 megawatts in the next five or six months. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu disclosed this recently while meeting with Agency heads and stakeholders in the Nigeria Power industry, according to […]

FG targets 6500 megawatts power generation in six months
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FG vows to increase supply of electricity

Nigerians have been reassured by Minister of Power, Bayi Adelabu, that power would be supplied incrementally. According to The PUNCH on Wednesday, Adelabu, through his media assistant Bolaji Tunji, urged composure and stated that the electricity industry would soon see growth. The nationwide grid meltdown on Sunday and persistently low power supplies preceded the minister’s […]

Power generation dropped 43mw after worker's strike - FG
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Blackout as electricity union shuts power stations

The National Union of Electricity Employees on Wednesday shut down major power stations over “contravention of workers’ conditions and default on the payment of entitlement by the Transmission Company of Nigeria.” NUEE had on Tuesday threatened to embark on a nationwide strike but the minister of state for power, Goddy Jedy-Agba appealed to the union […]