ABUJA — The Minister of Power, Sale Mamman on Thursday said nine power plants were currently shut down, as this was why power outages had persisted recently across the country.
The media aide to the Minister Aaron Artimas who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja said the power outages had been bedeviling Nigeria.
Mamman expressed regret over the situation and offered apology to all affected Nigerians on the inconveniences the power shortages were causing.
The statement read in part, “The Ministry of Power is not unaware of the current power outages and 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.
In his tweets, the minister named the plants to include Sapele, Afam, Olonrunsogo, Omotosho, Ibom, Egbin, Alaoji and Ihovbor.
The Minister said 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,” the statement added.
It added that the unfortunate development had drastically affected power generation, thus effectively minimizing the national grid.
He assured power users that the ministry through the appropriate agencies was working assiduously to rectify the technical problems affecting the plants as well as resolving the gas issues to the others.
