
NIGERIA CAN ACHIEVE STABLE ELECTRICITY WITHIN THREE TO FIVE YEARS POWER MINISTER JOSEPH TEGBE
Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, says the country could achieve stable electricity supply within three to five years as the government works to strengthen the national grid and expand transmission capacity. Tegbe said recent outages linked to maintenance at Egbin Power Station, gas shortages and transmission problems had been addressed, with supply restored to several parts of Lagos. He also announced a proposed $2 billion east-west super grid that the government says could eventually raise transmission capacity from about 4,000MW toward 19,000MW, with procurement underway and completion targeted within two years.