The ambitious 277GW power target by 2060

The federal government’s new plan to grow the nation’s installed power capacity to 277 gigawatts (GW) by 2060 is not only ambitious but also too far away. Minister of power, Joseph Tegbe, stated this major plan to transform the electricity sector last week at the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Renewable Energy Outlook Conference 2026 at Commerce House in Lagos. The minister explained that the government will leverage renewable energy and private investment to drive industrial competitiveness.
The conference theme was aptly titled “Nigeria’s Energy Transition Agenda: Power Sector Transformation for Industrial Competitiveness.” Tegbe also used the occasion to assure manufacture...