Business Nigeria's Power Situation Likely to Deteriorate - Electricity Workers

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Nigeria - According to the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) the improved power generation currently experienced by Nigerians is not likely sustainable.

“During this time of the year, there is always a slight improvement in power supply because of the rise in water level. That is, the lake goes up and hydro power stations generate more power. Second is the Buhari factor which has made operator to sit up and added to that, before now, the gas pipelines were usually vandalized," Joe Ajaero, the body's general secretary said.

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“We suspect it may be in collaboration by some highly placed individuals who award contracts for the pipelines to be repaired which runs into billions of Naira. If the pipelines are vandalized and the contracts are awarded for repairs, almost every two months, it is big money for them. I think that because of the fear that those who engaged in the business may be caught, for now there is relative peace and the gas pipelines are delivering gas to the power plants.

“But we fear the current power situation may not be sustainable. Once the rainy season ends and the water level drops, there will be problem. Again, today all power being generated is being pumped into the system, there is no reserve in case of any break down, and there is no reserve in case of maintenance and so on. We ought to have reserve for emergencies. Sadly, we do not have that at the moment.”

The recent improvement in power generation had been attributed to the successful performance of President Muhammadu Buhari in his first 100 days in office.


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