After five consecutive days of generating over 4,000 Megawatts, the national grid dropped by 400MW at the weekend to record 3,690.5MW.
Latest data from the National System Operator, a unit at the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, showed that though the performance of the generation companies was marked improvement from what obtained before July 1, it was still far short of Federal Government’s target of 5,505MW at peak generation and a base load of 4,893MW.
Speaking to Vanguard on the recent improvement in power supply, the National Chairman of Electricity Consumers Association of Nigeria, ECAN, Chijioke James said while the latest government’s effort seems to be having impact, more needs to be done.
Mr. James explained that there were still areas to improve upon like providing meters to consumers and transformers to communities.
He said: “Yes there has been improvement in supply compared to what was happening two, three months ago. But for a country of over 200 million people, 4,000MW or 5,000MW is paltry. We can do more and we expect more.
“The endemic problems are still there like providing meters to consumers and providing basic facilities for communities. The national mass metering programme is stalled; most customers are still without meters.
“We want the government to address these issues and come up with consumer centered policies that would make life easier for Nigerians”, he added.
