The Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, has assured Nigerians that electricity supply will begin to improve within 48 to 72 hours as the federal government works to restore generating units affected by the current outages.
Tegbe agreed that the disruptions had placed serious strain on households and businesses in four affected states, including Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory.
He explained that planned maintenance at the Egbin Power Station and constraints in gas supply to some thermal power stations had reduced the amount of electricity available on the national grid.
According to the minister, the reduction in available power forced grid operators to introduce load shedding i...
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Power Outage in Lagos, Abuja, Others : Tegbe Promises Relief in 72 Hours
Source: Leadership News
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