A total of nine National Integrated Power Plants providing electricity to the National Grid has broken down according to the Honorable Minister Of Power, Engineer Sale Mamman.
This was made known through a series of tweet yesterday on the Minister’s official Twitter handle.
He apologized for the power outage and assured Nigerians that work is going on to ensure that things get back to normal as soon as possible.
The tweet read: “I sincerely regret the recent Power outages across the Nation and the difficulties it has brought with it, and wish to assure my Fellow Nigerians that everyone involved is working assiduously to restore the National grid to its previous historical levels and exceed that.”
“The problem is caused by the breakdown of some National Integrated Power Plants supplying electricity to the national grid. The plants are namely, Sapele, Afam, Olonrunsogo, Omotosho, Ibom, Egbin, Alaoji and Ihovbor. The Jebba Power Plant was shut down for annual maintenance.”
“Seven other integrated Power plants, namely Geregu, Sepele, Omotosho, Gbarain, Omuku, Paras and Alaoji are experiencing gas constraints while the Shiroro hydroelectric power plant has water management issues.”
