Nigeria’s current power generation has reached 7,000 megawatts, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has disclosed. “Three years ago, the story was that power generation was the main problem of Nigeria. “We were distributing averagely 2,690 megawatts of electricity to Nigerians, but today, that story has changed, distribution has risen to 5,222 megawatts, an all-time national high. “Transmission has reached 7,000, while generation has reached 7,000. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Power, Mr. Louis Edozien, said the retreat was meant to appraise the performance of the ministry in the past 90 days.

Source: The Guardian August 04, 2018 04:30 UTC