The Federal Government is planning to boost electricity generation capacity from 4000 to 6000 megawatts over the next three to six months in order to enhance the provision of power.
The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, made these remarks on Monday in Abuja during a meeting with the Heads of Power Agencies and other stakeholders in the industry.
“4000 megawatts is not acceptable and we have plans to increase the megawatts to a minimum of 6000 to 6500 within the next three to six months.
“What we are looking at is to have an agreement to ramp up to a minimum of 6000 megawatts within the next three to six months.
“I know that the highest we ever generated was 5,700 megawatts about three years ago, that was specifically in Nov. 2021.
“And these 5700 megawatts were also distributed. If we could achieve 5,700 at that time, I believe we still have infrastructure to generate between 6,000 and 6,500,” he said.
