Showing posts with label Electricity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Electricity. Show all posts

Saturday, 12 March 2016

Federal Government Apologises to Nigerians For Poor Power Supply Nationwide

The federal government has apologized to Nigerians for the recent drop in power supply Nationwide. In a statement issued in Abuja by Segun Adeyemi, special adviser to the Minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed, the Federal government ‎blamed gas pipeline vandalism and sabotage on the poor power situation.
“The vandalisation of the Forcados export pipelines forced oil companies to shut down, making it impossible for them to produce gas.  
Then, workers at the Ikeja DISCOS, who were protesting the disengagement of some of their colleagues after they failed the company’s competency test, apparently colluded with the National Transmission Station in Osogbo to shut down transmission.

Tuesday, 16 February 2016

Nigerian Senate Orders Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to Suspend Tariff Hike

Nigeria's Senate President Bukola Saraki in a Facebook post says the senate's resolution during their plenary today February 16th was for the Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to Suspend Tariff Hike......