Tag: Power Subsidy

Electricity

FG pays ₦418.79bn power subsidy as sector losses exceed ₦300bn

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has disclosed that the Federal Government incurred a subsidy obligation of N418.79bn in the fourth quarter of 2025, even as inefficiencies across the electricity value chain led to losses exceeding N300bn during the period. The PUNCH reported that this was contained in the commission’s 2025 fourth-quarter report, which also highlighted […]

Electricity

Power crisis deepens as FG pays only 4% of ₦1.928trn subsidy

The Federal Government’s inability to meet its financial obligations to power generation companies has deepened the crisis in the already struggling electricity sector, with fresh data showing it paid only N76.95 billion (about four per cent) of the N1.928 trillion subsidy required in 2025. Although the government budgeted N958 billion for electricity subsidies in 2025, […]