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| Goodluck Jonathan |
The Federal Government has assured Nigerians that the
country would soon bid final farewell to power outages beginning from December,
2012 just as it has plans to generate 5,400 mega watts from the current 4,400
mega watts.
Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on
Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe told Jouranalists in Abuja on Monday that the
president is no doubt living up to expectation on his election promises.
According to Mr Okupe, the 5,400 mega watts target will be
actualized following the arrangement by the National Integrated Power Project
(NIPP) to add 1,000MW to the current 4,400 as against the little above 1,900MW
before the president assumed office.
Mr Okupe said: “When the President assumed office, the
energy capacity of the country at that time ranged between 1,900 megawatts to
some 2,200 megawatts. The Independent Power Projects, 10 of them were grounded
and nearly moribund, but today Nigeria is generating in excess of 4,400
megawatts of electricity.
“Some cynics have said this is due to high level of water in
the hydro generating plants in Shiroro and Kanji. This isn’t true.
“I can tell you authoritatively that why it is true that
every year there is a marginal increase in power supply, because of the
increased contribution in the hydro plants, that cannot account for the 15
hours or so that is being currently enjoyed in many parts of the country.
Speaking further, Mr Okupe said “The reason for this
additional increase is coming from the NIPP that are now adding between 600 and
800 megawatts to the national grid. That’s what is responsible for this new
improvement and between now and December, we are expecting nearly an additional
1,000 megawatts, because of the increase and an arrangement that have been made
for purchase and supply of gas to some of these NIPP projects. More areas will
enjoy longer hours of electricity supply by December.”
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