The Honorable Minister of Power, Adelabu Adebayo (FCA, FCIB.OFR) on, 21st August, 2023 assumed office at the Headquarters of Federal Ministry of Power, Maitama Abuja. The Permanent Secretary, Mr. Temitope Fashedemi handed over the mantle of leadership of the Ministry to the Hon. Minister after the Ministers swearing in ceremony at the State House conference…
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF POWER SETS THE PACE IN FURTHERANCE OF MR. PRESIDENT’S STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO STAFF WELFARE The Federal Ministry of Power, in alignment with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s commitment to improved staff welfare, has made available new fleet of staff Buses. This is with a view to ameliorate the hardship being experienced by…
The outgoing Hon. Minister of Power, Engr. Abubakar D. Aliyu, FNSE has said that the Power Sector has been repositioned to thrive because of the collaboration and co-ordination amongst the stakeholders. He said this in his valedictory speech in Abuja on Thursday 25th May, 2023, when the Ministry organized a sendforth dinner for him…
Leadership Newspaper page 19reports that, the Minister of Power Engr. Abubakar D. Aliyu, has declared that Nigeria’s economic development aspiration demands a higher energy capacity than what is available presently. Minister of Power, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Power, Mr. Temitope Fashedemi, stated this at the Nigeria Energy Exhibition and…
Leadership Newspaper page 19reports that, the Minister of Power Engr. Abubakar D. Aliyu, has declared that Nigeria’s economic development aspiration demands a higher energy capacity than what is available presently. Minister of Power, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Power, Mr. Temitope Fashedemi, stated this at the Nigeria Energy Exhibition and…
Vanguard Newspaper page 33 reports thatthe two transformers manufactured by Siemens Energy has arrived Lagos Port last week, the two mega transformers is expected to deliver additional 96 megawatts of electricity to consumers. The Mega Transformers are part of the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI), which aims at increasing Nigeria’s power supply to 7,000MW, 11,000MW and…
Daily Trust Newspaper page 20 reports that, Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA) has kicked off a nationwide inspection of existing networks of Distribution Companies (DisCos). The Managing Director/CEO of NEMSA, Engr. Aliyu Tukur Tahir, who led his team to the headquarters of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), said the exercise is to identify…
Daily Trust Newspaper page 18, Vanguard page 8, Leadership page 23, all reported that, the Azura Power Plant in Edo State consistently generates 452 Megawatts (MW) daily to the national grid and pays over 40 percent of its energy invoice receipt to the government for gas and loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).…
Punch Newspaper page 19, Daily Sun page 25, Leadership page 26, Daily Trust page 24 all reported that, Federal Government and the French Development Agency, yesterday, signed grant agreement of €25m for the Northern Corridor Project, an electricity scheme jointly funded by the European Union, AFD and the Transmission Company of Nigeria. Managing Director, Transmission…
