I Will Give Possible Attention To Boost Power Supply – Buhari ……Country Now Generates 4,600 MW – Igali
He said that the volume was a great improvement in the sector.
According to him, electricity supply is one of the most discussed topics in Nigeria and naturally so because it is fundamental to the country’s social and economic development.
“Where we stand is that we are doing over 4,600mw of power on the grid and we can do better but then this is a big improvement from about 3,000mw.
“The other time we attained 4,000mw but because of pipeline disruptions we go down to 2,000mw, we go down to 3,000.
“But consistently in the past two months also we have been over 4,500mw, now we are reaching close to 4,700mw.
“We briefed him on that and what effort we are doing is to improve on that figure.’’
Igali said that distribution remained a challenge because it was where the consumers felt the impact of power supply most.
He, however, said the ministry was tracking a lot of distribution companies (DISCOs) very well to make sure that what was needed at the distribution level was achieved.
“They must improve on their network; they must improve on the availability of transformers and on the supply of meters because Nigerians are tired of estimated billing,’’ he said.
He added, “If power supply situation must improve, especially at the distribution level, they must provide transformers, they must provide switch gears, they must provide meters; all these are investments.”
According to him, while a single phase meter costs about N18,000 while a three-phase costs about N35,000, the ministry did not expect the consumers to pay for them.
“The DISCOs are supposed to provide these meters and if you are looking at a town of about 100,000 people or 200,000 and more talk less of a city of one million or two million who do have meters that is a whole lot of money,’’ he said.
