.........Egbin, Omotosho, Olorunsogo, Paras lose 1,988mw
Chineme Okafor in Abuja

Four power generation companies (Gencos) have been unable to generate electricity to the national grid for several days, due to gas supply challenges, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) disclosed yesterday.

The TCN said in a statement from its General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs. Ndidi Mbah, that the national grid was experiencing reduced power generation due mainly to emergency maintenance by the Nigerian Gas Company (NGC) of its gas pipeline supplying gas to Egbin, Omotosho, Olorunsogo and Paras Power Stations.

The TCN statement issued in Abuja explained that this was caused by leakage discovered on the Escravos-Lagos Pipeline System gas pipeline, necessitating the total shutdown of the four power generating plants on 25th April, 2019.

On the same day, records from the Office of the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, stated that average energy sent out was 3,930 megawatts (MW) while 1,988.21MW was not generated due to unavailability of gas.

It also said the power sector lost an estimated N1.407 billion due to insufficient gas supply, distribution and transmission infrastructure.


In the TCN statement, Mbah, said that prior to the incident, Omotosho NIPP and Olorunsogo NIPP had already been out due to gas supply issues.


According to her, NGC worked hard to repair the gas pipeline so that normal gas supply can be restored to the affected power plants.

“At present, repairs have been completed and the pipeline is currently being pressurised prior to resumption of gas supply to the affected power stations,” she said.


Mbah, further noted that the TCN had diverted about 312MW load from the Benin-Egbin 330kV transmission line, which tripped at 23.14hours on Tuesday, 23rd April, 2019, to Omotosho –Ikeja West and Ayede-Ikeja 330kV transmission lines, due to on-going repair works on the Benin-Egbin 330kV transmission line.

“The tripping was caused by a line cut between Ofofu and Okada, however TCN engineers are making concerted efforts to complete repair work on the transmission line, despite the very difficult terrain at that location.

“Due to the diversion of the load from this line to the two transmission lines equally feeding Lagos axis, load shedding in Lagos axis was minimised to about 280MW at the first instance. However with the attendant gas supply issues and sudden gas leakage problem, load shedding increased considerably,” she added.

Mbah stated that “the TCN regrets the inconveniences and wish to assure Nigerians that power supply would return to normal as soon as normal gas supply is restored to the affected power stations and transmission repair work is completed.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/04/27/power-generation-drops-as-gas-shortage-forces-closure-of-four-gencos/amp/

Please, where is Babatunde Fashola the Mistake?

Professor Chinedu Nebo is far better than the loud mouth Fashola.

Take nothing away from him when he was the governor, he was very okay, BUT as the minister of power, he is a big mistake.

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Barcelona 1 Levante 2. Stake your ancestors

Let everything drop, Awolowo said it before that the strongest and fittest we survive,,
No time I will hear good news concerning naija .

The minister of darkness once boasted that power generation is not rocket science. Right now, he is a rocket scientist

A country with vast amount of crude oil imports refined products. A country considered as a gas province cannot generate meager 20,000MW.

Shame to every Nigerian out there

Very shameful. Ngene was all over nairaland shouting about how buhari has added 20,000MW into the grid with a pending 10,000MW in the pipeline prior the elections.

JasonScoolari:



Please, where is Babatunde Fashola the Mistake?

Professor Chinedu Nebo is far better than the loud mouth Fashola.

Take nothing away from him when he was the governor, but as the minister of power, he is a big mistake.

Well, there's no basis for comparing an experienced engineer who has an independent power station to a lawyer politically appointed to head Nigeria's power sector

heat don kill me o

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I only wish I understood how Nigeria a country with vast gas reserve's, that produces and exports gas will be having such huge gas shortage I wish I understood

This shitty government with shitty lives,shitty ideas, Mark my word a time would come this thier PHCN would be as useless as Nitel land telephone's

dre11:



.........Egbin, Omotosho, Olorunsogo, Paras lose 1,988mw
Chineme Okafor in Abuja








https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/04/27/power-generation-drops-as-gas-shortage-forces-closure-of-four-gencos/amp/

Ita sinful thing, where is that Power is not rocket science guy from Lagos

Wow...this is serious...coming at a time when my gen spoil!!!!...
Seen what's all these nah!!!!...could have been first to comment but that stupid error message kept popping up..

Is alright noted,where is that man from the skull mining region ,attension needed

SoNature:


Well, there's no basis for comparing an experienced engineer who has an independent power station to a lawyer politically appointed to head Nigeria's power sector

That's why I called him a BIG MISTAKE for making such comments about the power sector when he had little or no experience.

I only blame those fools that see APC/PDP as solution yo Nigeria problem. Some idiot will insult oyedepo cos of tribe and religion instead of them to tell thier pay master to go and learn from him. Canna land has been enjoying 24 he's since 2000 till date.

Same issues as it always has been. Same problem, same approach to solution. Same results. Same stories every time. Nigeria is not ready to progress in its power generation quest.

“...Ghana has abolished VAT on real estate sales.
Ghana has abolished VAT on financial services.
Ghana has abolished capital gains tax on sales of shares on the stock exchange.
Ghana has abolished import duty on spare parts.
Ghana has abolished the 1% import levy.
Ghana has abolished VAT on domestic airline tickets.
Ghana has reduced very significantly VAT on small traders from 17.5% to 3%.
Ghana is going to abolish all import duty on raw materials and machineries imported into Ghana.

Ghana is embarking on a massive industrialization drive called One District, One Factory. And there are 216 districts in Ghana. There is now a focus on production.

Now, Ghana has two major advantages: power issues sorted out and a peaceful democracy. Ghana with a population of 28m generates 4,577MW as at 2017. Nigeria with a population of 200m generates 5,000MW. Meanwhile, Ghana is building 2 power plants- a 400MW LNG-fired plant and a 600MW plant being built by Siemens.

Ok. What are the implications for Nigeria? We don't need soothsayers to predict how factories/companies will shut down in Nigeria and move to Ghana. Nigeria will just become a mere trading post for these companies because of our population while Ghana becomes the economic hub of West Africa. Our homes will be flooded with goods made in Ghana.

Other countries are thinking. Rwanda has taken our shine. Ethiopia has put on its thinking cap. Ghana has started an upward trajectory. Nigeria sits with its giant feet of clay. ...”

---Bayo Adeyinka

Fashola is a scam, he was boasting the APC could fix power in Nigeria in 6 months... 4 years done waka but still na only darkness waka come. Buhari second tenure hasn't started yet the heat is something else!

No one is talking about Kainji Dam again and how low water levels is affecting power supply .

Thank you PDP

GEÑCOs dey blame DISCOs.Fashola dey shift blame comot from the clueless government.After all the insult of the previous government and their wicked lies cum propaganda, finally the APC have finally discovered that not all that glitters is really gold.

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So all these bet nonsense in this forum doesn't have permanent solution to it seun

AMI3:
“...Ghana has abolished VAT on real estate sales.
Ghana has abolished VAT on financial services.
Ghana has abolished capital gains tax on sales of shares on the stock exchange.
Ghana has abolished import duty on spare parts.
Ghana has abolished the 1% import levy.
Ghana has abolished VAT on domestic airline tickets.
Ghana has reduced very significantly VAT on small traders from 17.5% to 3%.
Ghana is going to abolish all import duty on raw materials and machineries imported into Ghana.

Ghana is embarking on a massive industrialization drive called One District, One Factory. And there are 216 districts in Ghana. There is now a focus on production.

Now, Ghana has two major advantages: power issues sorted out and a peaceful democracy. Ghana with a population of 28m generates 4,577MW as at 2017. Nigeria with a population of 200m generates 5,000MW. Meanwhile, Ghana is building 2 power plants- a 400MW LNG-fired plant and a 600MW plant being built by Siemens.

Ok. What are the implications for Nigeria? We don't need soothsayers to predict how factories/companies will shut down in Nigeria and move to Ghana. Nigeria will just become a mere trading post for these companies because of our population while Ghana becomes the economic hub of West Africa. Our homes will be flooded with goods made in Ghana.

Other countries are thinking. Rwanda has taken our shine. Ethiopia has put on its thinking cap. Ghana has started an upward trajectory. Nigeria sits with its giant feet of clay. ...”

---Bayo Adeyinka

Deep and Sad.