According to data from the Independent System Operator (ISO) webpage, a semi-autonomous division of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), the nation’s electricity generation increased 12.59 percent on Wednesday to 4,354 megawatts (MW) from 3,868 MW on Tuesday.
However, as electricity quality is still appallingly low across the country, this increase did not result in an improved power supply for Nigerians.
This incident comes after allegations of poor maintenance of the Federal Government-owned National Independent Power Project (NIPP) towers across the country.
According to Vanguard’s checks, the collapse of the NIPP tower in Calabar, Cross River State, due to erosion, could pose yet another catastrophe for the electricity industry.
According to an operator who spoke on condition of anonymity, operators are to fault for the instability and poor upkeep in many areas of the country.
According to him, the PPI was established to assist the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) in reaching commercial autonomy by facilitating investments in vital power delivery infrastructure because the federal government was ready to permanently address the country’s epileptic power supply issues.
“From September through December, we will begin to see the implementation of the transformers and substations that have been purchased across the country,” he stated. We have a substantial amount of equipment that will soon begin to arrive.
As you may remember, one of the minister’s goals when he was in Germany just a month ago was to discuss the president’s plan for the PPI with the Siemens principals to make sure we were able to deliver on the objectives.
“I’m glad to say that this has paid off, and starting in September of this year, we will begin receiving equipment deliveries.”
“Siemens equipment must adhere to the local laws and regulations,” he continued. And these are the measures we have taken to guarantee that the discos are all in agreement with Siemens and the FGN Company Power Company in order to carry out the presidential initiative.
In a similar vein, Aliyu, the Minister of Power, who was represented by Mr. Nebolisa Anako, the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, said: “The PPI’s goal is to increase the end-to-end operational grid of Nigeria’s power supply to 25,000 MW, but the goal is to deliver an additional 2,000 mw over the next 18 months.
“The FG started this significant undertaking because this administration is ready to permanently address the nation’s epileptic power supply issue.
The power value chain will undergo a swift transformation as a result of this project, which will also boost economic growth and provide jobs and opportunity for Nigerian youth and businesses.
When electrical equipment, including as transformers and mobile power substations, starts to arrive from Germany in September of this year, the Siemens power agreement is anticipated to take a significant turn.
Speaking yesterday during the project’s pre-engineering of distribution systems close-out in Abuja, FGN Power Managing Director Kenny Anuwe said that by the time the power equipment is installed, the country’s electricity supply will have improved.
Anuwe states that Phase 1 of the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI) aims to upgrade, repair, and extend the national grid by making investments in the whole electrical value chain, which includes transmission, generating,
