7,000 megawatts of electricity in 2017 – Osinbajo

The vice-president  of Nigeria,Yemi Osinbajo, has said there will be 7,000 megawatts of electricity by next year – He said that the country has been battling with 3,000 megawatts – The vice-president said the Nigerian federal government has set machinery in motion to ensure it takes place at the appropriated time Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The vice-president of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, has said there will be 7,000 megawatts of electricity by next year Nigeria’s vice-president, Yemi Osinbajo, has promised Nigerians that there will be 7,000 megawatts of electricity at the first quarter of 2017, Vanguard reports. He said this in Abeokuta, Ogun state while declaring open, the 8th Session of the national council on industry, trade and investment. Osinbajo who acknowledged that the country was battling with 3,000 megawatts, said the federal government has set machinery in motion to ensure it takes place.

Fashola under fire over proposed increase in electricity tariff He said the federal government is working on nine transmission stations across the country in order to achieve that goal in due time. The vice-president accredited that crisis in the power sector to vandalisation of the folcado terminal and four other export terminals. He said that is the reason for the reduction in the megawatts which is as low as almost 2500mw of power. However, electricity consumers have lashed out at reports of a proposal by power distribution companies to raise the average energy charge to N105 per kilowatt-hour from the current rate of 22.8KWH

Nigerian students generate electricity from urine (Video) The fresh increase if implemented will see electricity tariff being paid by consumers increase over 200 per cent, less than eight months after about a 45 per cent increase in tariff was imposed on electricity consumers nationwide. The news of the proposed increase in electricity tariff has angered some Nigerians who called on the minister of power, works and housing, Babatunde Fashola to resign while others called for a revolt against the politician for failing to fulfill most of their campaign promises.