Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory
Commission on Wednesday begged Nigerians to exercise patience with the
power generation and distribution companies with respect to the drop in
electricity supply and the attendant blackouts being experienced
nationwide.
According to NERC, the drop in power
supply is due to vandalism of critical installations and heavy downpour
witnessed in parts of the country recently, adding that the Federal
Government was working hard to repair the vandalised gas pipelines.
The commission was, however, not
specific as to when power generation
and its supply would improve, but
was quick to state that there was hope of tangible increase in
electricity generation.
The Acting Chief Executive, NERC, Dr.
Tony Akah, said these while playing host to a delegation from the
International Association of Energy Economics at the headquarters of the
commission in Abuja.
The country’s electricity woes worsened
on Tuesday as two additional power generating plants were shut down,
bringing the total number of plants not generating any megawatts of
electricity to 10.
The two shut plants are Shiroro Power Station in Niger State and Sapele II in Delta State.
In his response to a question on the
fall in power generation, Akah said, “On the decline in power, as you
may know, part of the reasons have to do with the issue of pipeline
vandalism and the heavy downpour that happened in the past.
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