Epileptic Power Supply, High Tariffs Worries Bauchi Residents

NewsPowerEpileptic Power Supply, High Tariffs Worries Bauchi Residents

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 7, 2022

BAUCHI — Electricity consumers in Bauchi State have decried high tariffs, epileptic supply, and non-availability of prepaid meters in the state. They also accused Jos Electricity Distribution Company, (JEDC) of sabotaging the Federal Government effort for its failure to install prepaid meters to conform to the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP). Recall that the federal government had mandated Distribution companies (DISCOs) to meter residential and commercial buildings under its National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP). Some...

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Abuja Electricity Distribution Company Disconnects Government Offices Over Debt In Niger

BusinessNewsPowerAbuja Electricity Distribution Company Disconnects Government Offices Over Debt In Niger

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 21, 2022

MINNA — Niger State House of Assembly, Office of the Secretary to the State Government, and water board are among other government offices that resorted to using generators to power their offices due to the disconnection of the offices by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) over a debt amounting to N1.9 billion. AEDC regional manager in Minna in a document issued on Friday said the debt spanned over eight years and vowed not to...

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Buhari Summons Power Minister Over Erratic Electricity

PowerBuhari Summons Power Minister Over Erratic Electricity

Beloved John (Staff Writer)March 22, 2022

ABUJA — The minister of power, Abubakar Aliyu has been summoned by President Buhari for a meeting at the presidential villa. The meeting was organized to discuss the unstable power supply experienced across the country in recent weeks. Doyin Salami, the president’s chief economic adviser, was also summoned for a meeting according to the statement issued by Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and public. “The President is scheduled to meet...

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Lawmakers Passes Bill Empowering States to Generate Electricity

NewsPowerLawmakers Passes Bill Empowering States to Generate Electricity

Beloved John (Staff Writer)March 3, 2022

ABUJA — The national assembly has passed a bill seeking to reform the generation and transmission of electricity. The bill grants the state governments legal autonomy to generate, transmit and distribute electricity It is entitled: “A Bill For An Act to alter the provision of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to allow States generate, transmit and distribute electricity in areas covered by the national grid; and for related matters”. The bill...

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Nigeria Governors Forum Rejected Electricity Bill 2022

InfrastructurePowerNigeria Governors Forum Rejected Electricity Bill 2022

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 1, 2022

ABUJA — The Nigeria Governors Forum has rejected the Electricity Bill 2022, which they argued, is against the interest of the states because it seeks to re-establish a centrally-controlled electricity sector. This is contained in a letter by the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) Dr. Kayode Fayemi, addressed to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Power, Gabriel Suswan. The NGF spokesman Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo in a statement noted that Fayemi, who is Ekiti...

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Nigeria To Partner With Turkey On Power Sector

PowerNigeria To Partner With Turkey On Power Sector

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 21, 2022

ABUJA — The Federal Government is willing to partner with investors in the power sector to improve the power supply in the country. Minister of Power, Mr. Abubakar Aliyu made this known while receiving the Ambassador of Turkey to Nigeria, Mr. Hidayet Bayratar, in the company of two other delegates in office in Abuja. According to a statement by the Information Officer in the Press and Public Relations Unit of the Ministry of Power, Mr....

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Buhari Nominates Muazu Sambo as Power Minister

NewsPowerBuhari Nominates Muazu Sambo as Power Minister

Beloved John (Staff Writer)December 14, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Muazu Sambo to replace Sal Mamman as minister of power. The president asked the senate to approve Sambo as the minister of power. Sale Mamman, former minister of power was sacked alongside Sabo Nanono, former agriculture minister by Buhari in September. The president’s request seeking the confirmation of Sambo was in a letter read by Senate President Ahmad Lawan on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Tuesday. Buhari...

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President Buhari Send Management of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company Packing

BusinessPowerPresident Buhari Send Management of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company Packing

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 8, 2021

ABUJA — President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sack of the management of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC). Minister of State for Power, Goddy Agba announced this in a statement on Tuesday, saying the president also approved a new interim governing board to oversee the day-to-day operations of the company. According to Ofem Uket, spokesman of the Minister, his action follows the industrial action by the Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) workers to...

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Why FG Sells Electricity to Neighboring Countries – NBET

BusinessPowerWhy FG Sells Electricity to Neighboring Countries – NBET

Beloved John (Staff Writer)November 3, 2021

LAGOS — The Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET) has disclosed that Nigeria is selling electricity to neighboring countries for strategic reasons. Nnaemeka Ewelukwa, managing director, NBET, said this when he appeared before the house of representatives committee on finance on Tuesday. According to him, only six percent of the electricity generated in the country is sold to neighboring countries. “Nigeria sells electricity to Niger Republic and Benin Republic. Those transactions recent have been more driven...

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NERC To Fine DisCos For Wrongful Disconnection Of Electricity

InfrastructureNewsPowerNERC To Fine DisCos For Wrongful Disconnection Of Electricity

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 29, 2021

ABUJA — To give electricity consumers fair hearing, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has proposed to fine Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) for wrongfully disconnecting the customers from the supply. The penalties as specified in the Regulation are Residential N1, 000; Commercial N1, 5000; and industrial N2, 000. It has proposed that “Any DisCos which disconnects a customer’s supply in violation of this regulation commits an offence and is liable upon conviction to pay the...

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