In the last one month, Nigerians across the country have experienced deteriorating power supply, especially in Lagos and Abuja.
According to a survey conducted by Vanguard about the recent drastic reduction in power supply, Nigerians
receive only about two hours of electricity weekly on the average.
Also, some regions have not had power for the past three consecutive
weeks.
Residents surveyed expressed their
disappointment at the fact that the power situation has not improved
despite the privatisation of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN.
The former Minister of Power, Barth
Nnaji, and the chief executives of Distribution Companies (DISCOs),
have allegedly blamed the energy supply problem on Nigeria’s power
generating facilities which they reportedly described as “obsolete and
unreliable, dating back to 1896.”
A DISCOs official also attributed the
problem to the reduction of Mega Watts ever since PHCN was privatized.
Lagos State reportedly used to receive about 900MW of electricity from
the National grid,
however; this amount dropped to 300MW after
privatization.
To cope with the problem of distributing
the limited 300MW equally across households, DISCOs has reportedly
resorted to rationing energy supply. The erratic power supply has also
been attributed to the reduced Mega Watts.
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