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Olugbemi. Adeyinka Ogunleye
3 weeks ago
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Adelabu: Tinubu Has Raised Power Generation by 50% in about Two Years
The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, has said that President Bola Tinubu met power generation at 4,000mw, but has raised it to roughly 6,000mw, about 50 per cent increase by a THISDAY estimate. Adelabu spoke in Abuja during the visit of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), led by its President, Margaret Oguntala, to discuss areas of collaboration between the organisation and the ministry. The minister called for stronger relationship between the NSE and the Federal Ministry of Power, especially in addressing challenges in the power sector, hinting that as a country with so many engineers, this hasn’t seemed to reflect in resolving Nigeria’s power sector issues.
While reviewing the activities of the federal government since the present administration took over, according to a statement by his spokesman, Bolaji Tunji, noted that it took Nigeria nearly 40 years to increase power from 2000 megawatts in 1984 to 4000 megawatts in 2022. In less than two years of the present administration, he stated that this has increased to 6003 megawatts, adding that although it is not where the country should be, it shows that the administration of President Bola Tinubu is focused on turning around the power sector.
“In 1984, the country generated 2000 mw of electricity and this was not increased to 4000 mw until about 40 years later, to around 2022 or so. We are about two years old now, but we have been able to increase it to 6,000 megawatts.
More: https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2025/04/03/adelabu-tinubu-has-raised-power-generation-by-50-in-about-two-years/
