The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu has said electricity generation reached a three- time high of 5,105 megawatts as of July 27, 2024.
Adelabu blazoned this at the initial meeting of theInter-Ministerial Power Sector Working Group in Abuja on Wednesday.
According to him, the 5,105 mw electricity generation is a significant increase from the 4,000 mw preliminarily recorded.
He reiterated that the country targets 6000mw electricity generation and transmission by December 2024.
“ Just a many days agone , on July 27, we successfully generated and transmitted 5,105 MW of power, the loftiest in the last three times. This is an enhancement from the former capacity of around 4,000 MW or below.
“ Our target is to achieve a corner generation and transmission of 6,000 MW by December, ” he stated.
still, the rearmost data from Generation Companies, GenCos, showed that Nigeria’s electricity dropped by 668.5 mw from 5,105 mw to a peak of 4,436.50 mw as of August 5, 2024.
