Buhari’s regime says it has inaugurated several sites in the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria to actualise its promise of electrifying five million homes with solar energy by 2023.
Nigeria’s minister of power pleaded with the Egyptian ambassador to help resolve the country’s electricity quagmire.
Electricity distribution companies have been messaging their customers to explain the cause of extended power outage as collapse of power grid.
“If you move around Abuja and other cities in the country, it is usually enveloped in darkness, this is not a good picture.
In February, the bank approved $500 million to support Nigeria in improving its power supply through a large-scale metering programme.
Electricity was partially restored to Tigray’s regional capital.
The NEMSA boss said any meter without its seal should be deemed as fake.
TCN said some clearing issues at the Lagos port delayed installation of a new transformer.
The new record was achieved on October 28.
The regulatory agency said
the huge metering gap for end-use customers remained a key
challenge in the industry.
