FG sets ambitious 8,500MW electricity output in one year

The Federal Government has unveiled an ambitious target to ramp up national electricity supply from the current output of about 5,500 megawatts to 8,500 megawatts within the next 12 to 18 months, as part of efforts to stabilise and expand Nigeria’s power infrastructure.

The Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, Ayodeji Gbeleyi, gave the charge on Wednesday in Abuja, during a Senior Leadership Team Retreat for top management members of the newly established Nigerian Independent System Operator.

He tasked NISO to take the lead in improving grid management, system reliability, and operational efficiency to deliver on the target. “The National Broadcast of Electricity today said generation revolves around 5500MW.

I do hope most sincerely that when we come back here 12 months from now, that generation capacity, based on the efficiency of the transmission grid, will be somewhere around 7500 to 8,500MW. We must move from where we are within the next 12 months,”

Gbeleyi said. “That’s the charge, and NISO is expected to play a strategic role in achieving this.”