The national grid on Sunday, February 4, experienced a continuous decline in power generation, dropping from 2,658.75MW at 11:00 am to 305MW by 3:00 pm.
It was gathered that throughout the day, virtually all electricity generation companies (GenCos) produced zero megawatts.
In response to inquiries from The Nation regarding the poor power situation in the country, Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, through his Special Adviser on Strategic Communication and Media Relations, Bolaji Tunji, stated over the phone that the situation was due to reduced gas supply to the GenCos.
He also promised to find out further information on the matter.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) Independent System Operator (ISO) had release its data that the previous day, the energy generated was 3,716MW while it sent out 3,663MW before the abysmal decline on Sunday.
Meanwhile, in its document titled: “Load Distribution Profile Data at 4:05pm on Sunday, the ISO revealed that it allocated 450MW to seven electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) while while it supplied 0MW to the other four DisCos.
While it allocated 90MW to Abuja DisCo, Benin DisCo got 50MW, Eko DisCo received 80MW, Enugu DisCo got 40%, Ibadan received 100MW, Ikeja 50MW and Kaduna 40MW.
It implied that Jos DisCo, Kano DisCo, Yola DisCo and Port Harcourt DisCo got 0MW allocation in the period under review.
Adelabu, however, issued a press statement revealing that there was a meeting with the GenCos and DisCos in order to seek a plausible solution to the situation.
