President Bola Tinubu has put forward the nomination of Abdullahi Ramat to serve as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission. In addition, he also named Mr. Abubakar Yusuf as the proposed Commissioner for Consumer Affairs and Dr. Fouad Olayinka Animashun as Commissioner for Finance and Management Services at the […]
https://www.nigeriainfo.fm/port-harcourt/news/homepage/fec-approves-34m-n13-bn-for-power-sector-transformation-%E2%80%8E The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved major funding to upgrade power infrastructure across the country, in a bid to boost electricity supply and support national industrial growth. Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, disclosed this after Wednesday’s FEC meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.He said four key proposals were […]
The Nigerian Independent System Operator has stepped into the simmering dispute between the Enugu State Electricity Regulatory Commission and the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company over a tariff cut in the state, warning that the standoff could destabilise the country’s electricity market. The intervention follows reports that the EEDC curtailed power supply to Enugu State by […]
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation and senator representing Ogun West, Solomon Adeola, fondly called Yayi, on Sunday, distributed 102 transformers to 435 Community Development Areas across the three senatorial districts of Ogun State, to mark his 56th birthday. Adeola, who also supported the energisation of the transformers, said the initiative aligned with President […]
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company, Jennifer Adighije, has disclosed that the Alaoji Power Plant, which has been offline for nearly two years, will resume operations by August 2025, as part of the company’s strategic push to recover dormant generation assets and improve grid supply. Adighije made this known during a […]
The Presidency said it has begun processes to pay ₦2 trillion from a total ₦4 trillion legacy debts owed for electricity generated and supplied to the national grid. A representative of the Special Adviser to the President on Energy, Olu Verheijen, revealed this at a Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) stakeholders meeting organised by the […]