Tag: Electricity
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VIDEO: Ondo Assembly Complex: A house without toilets, water, electricity
— Staff groan over myriads of problems, seek Aiyedatiwa’s intervention By Miracle Ogunde Staff of the Ondo State House of Assembly have decried the myriads of problems they are faced with, calling for the urgent intervention of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to alleviate their sufferings. Investigations by Starnews NG revealed that the staff members of the…
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Oil, bank, electricity, Judiciary workers, others join nationwide strike
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) and the National Union of Electricity Employees have asked their members to join the nationwide strike declared by the two labour centres – the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria to protest the assault on NLC President, Joe Ajaero. Also, the Association of…
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Power supply: FG, NEC review ownership of BEDC, others
The National Economic Council has resolved to review the status of the ownership structure of the power Distribution Companies in the country. The decision was taken at Thursday’s meeting of the council, which was presided over by Vice-President Yemi. The review will be done by an ad hoc committee chaired by the Governor of Kaduna…
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Licence cancellation: FG queries BEDC, 6 other Discos, gives deadline
Power distribution companies have till December 7 to submit their written responses providing reasons why their licences should not be cancelled, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission declared on Tuesday. In an updated document on the notice of hearing on the petitions by Discos on the Minor Review and Minimum Remittance Order dated November 5, 2019,…
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Nigeria’s electricity market on sick bed since privatisation, says TCN
Nigeria’s electricity market has been nose-diving since the distribution and generation arms of the sector were privatised in 2013 and is currently on a sick bed, the Transmission Company of Nigeria has said. According to TCN, the sick state of the power market was because participants, particularly power distribution companies, hardly complied with stipulated rules…
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Presidency Meets Electricity Distribution Companies Over Power Crisis
As the nation’s power sector remains in crisis mode, the Presidency has met with electricity distribution companies in a bid to resolve some of the issues affecting the electricity supply industry, our correspondent has learnt. According the Punch, It was gathered that the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Abba Kyari, had a meeting…
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Electricity generation drops to 3,231MW
The nation’s power generation fell to 3,231 megawatts on Wednesday, more than a week after the latest system collapse. Data from the Nigeria Electricity System Operator, an arm of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, showed that generation stood at 4,338.9MW as of 6.00 am on April 20. The national grid collapsed on Tuesday last week,…
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Why Nigerians don’t have electricity meters after years of ‘crazy’ billings
By Bassey Udom As the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and the Minister of Power, Babatunde Fashola, bicker with the distribution companies (DISCOs) over tariff review, electricity consumers await the prepaid meters they were promised to guarantee efficient delivery of electricity to their homes Efficient delivery of electricity has been elusive to consumers of electricity…
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Fashola: It Is Not FG’s Problem If Nigerians Lack Electricity
If you don’t have electricity, it is not the Federal Government’s problem, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has declared. The Punch reported that Fashola, disclosed this while speaking at the Nextier Power Dialogue on Wednesday night in Abuja. He told his listeners that there were problems in the power sector, but…
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Electricity: We’ve Performed Better Than PDP Did In 16 Years – Fashola
Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Tuesday said the present administration has done better in power generation, transmission and distribution than the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) did in 16 years of its administration. A statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES Tuesday from the minister’s media office said Mr Fashola made this…