Tag: Power Supply
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World Bank approves $750m loan to boost power supply in Nigeria
The World Bank has approved $750 million International Development Association (IDA) credit for Nigeria’s Power Sector Recovery Operation (PSRO), to improve electricity supply. The Bank, in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, said that the would help Nigeria achieve financial and fiscal sustainability and enhance accountability in the power sector. It explained that about 47…
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Easter: DisCo assures South East zone of improved, steady power supply
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has assured people in the South East zone of the country of improved, steady power supply during Easter. The company gave the assurance on Friday, in a statement by its Head of Corporate Communications, Mr Emeka Ezeh. The company said that its technical team was ready to attend to…
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COVID-19: Reps seek two-month free power supply to Nigerians
The House of Representatives is to consider a fresh Stimulus Bill that will ensure that Nigerians get free electricity supply for two months to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Speaker Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has said. The Speaker said the proposed Bill is to help in boosting the economy through the informal sector as…
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Coronavirus lockdown: Ada Ameh weeps, laments over power supply[VIDEO]
Renowned actress, Ada Ameh took to her Instagram page on Tuesday, lamenting how things have gone worse for Nigerians amidst the coronavirus crisis. The veteran role interpreter noted that Lagosians have been asked to stay at home, yet there is no power supply. Towards the end of the video shared on her Instagram page, the…
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Good News! ‘FG sets aside $1.61bn for 24-hour power supply’
The Managing Director, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Alhaji Usman Gur says the Federal Government in collaboration with international donor agencies has set aside over 1.61 billion dollars to ensure constant power supply in the country. Gur, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of the TCN revealed this on Sunday in Kano while briefing…
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FG budgets $1.61bn for 24-hour power supply
The Managing Director, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Alhaji Usman Gur says the Federal Government in collaboration with international donor agencies has set aside over 1.61 billion dollars to ensure constant power supply in the country. Gur, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of the TCN revealed this on Sunday in Kano while briefing…
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TCN gets $1.6 billion to boost power supply in Nigeria
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), says it has received 1.661 billion dollars from multi-lateral donors to boost power supply in the country. Mr Usman Mohammed, the Managing Director of TCN made this known at the organisation’s quarterly news conference in Abuja on Thursday. Mohammed said that TCN had raised significant amount to reinforce the…
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Stop complaining your epileptic power supply to me, Fashola tells Nigerians
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said he is not directly responsible for the epileptic power supply currently experienced in some parts of the country. Fashola, who disclosed this while speaking at the Nextier Power Dialogue on Wednesday night in Abuja, told his listeners that there were problems in the power…
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Power supply: Ogunlewe calls for decentralisation of electricity generation
A former Minister of Works, Chief Adeseye Ogunlewe, has called for the total decentralisation of electricity generation and transmission in order to improve supply in Nigeria. Ogunlewe, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos, said the current system in which electricity was transmitted from the national grid would…
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Epileptic power supply: SERAP gets court order against Fashola
Anti-corruption group, Socio-Economic and Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), on Tuesday got court’s leave to file for a mandamus order against the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, over poor power supply in the country. The mandamus order is to compel Fashola to account for about N900bn sunk into the privatisation of…