Power Outages: Minister Apologize As Technical Problems, Gas Shortage Knocks Out Power Plants

Power Outages: Minister Apologize As Technical Problems, Gas Shortage Knocks Out Power Plants

About 12 Power generating plants in the country have been knocked out by technical problems and gas shortages.

Minister of power, Engr Sale Mamman, who apologized for the current power outages, disclosed this in a statement early Thursday.

The National Integrated Power Plants (NIPP) affected include those located at Sapele, Afam, Olonrunsogo, Omotosho, Ibom, Egbin, Alaoji and Ihovbor. It also include Geregu, Gbarain, Omuku and Paras.

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The Minister however assured that the ministry through “the appropriate Agencies is working assiduously to rectify the technical problems affecting the plants as well as resolving the gas issues to the others”, according to a statement by Aaron Artimas, S. A Media and communications to the Minister of Power.

The full text of the statement reads below:

The Ministry of Power is not unaware of the current power outages/shortages bedeviling many parts of the country.

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 plant has water management problems.

This unfortunate development has drastically affected Power generation, thus effectively minimizing the national grid.

In view of this, The Hon Minister of Power Engr Sale Mamman regrets this unfortunate situation and offers his sincere apology to all affected Nigerians on the inconveniences the Power shortages are causing.

He assures that the ministry through the appropriate Agencies is working assiduously to rectify the technical problems affecting the plants as well as resolving the gas issues to the others.

Engr Sale Mamman further assures that the national grid will be restored to its previous historic distribution peak of about 5,600MW of electricity achieved early this year, so as to relief Nigerians from the current harsh climatic conditions and restore full economic activities.

Aaron Artimas, S. A Media and communications to the Minister of Power.