The Presidency yesterday said it would deliver to Nigerians about 10,000 megawatts of electricity by December this year, saying the President Muhammadu Buhari administration was on course with regard to its electioneering campaign promises.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, noted that; “We have more power in terms of electricity than can be consumed by the DisCos. We have 2,000MW excess of electricity that is not being evacuated. Before the end of the year, we are going to hit 10,000 megawatts from the 2500 megawatts we inherited.”
He said this while addressing journalists in Abuja. He also went on to add that the issue was one where the government was looking for who to off-take this power, saying; “The burden by the government, for now, is how do we sell this power? How do we take it to Nigerians who need it?”
Source: Nigeria Electricity Hub
