Power problem more of transmission than generation – Buhari

According to him, the realisation of steady power
supply will launch the country into faster socio-
economic development.
The president gave the assurance after taking
briefing of the activities of the sector by the
Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Power,
Ambassador Godknows Igali, in his office.

President Buhari said that his administration had
already identified the critical problems in
Nigeria’s power sector and was taking
appropriate actions to address them.
“The problems besetting our power sector are
not difficult to identify. Therefore, priorities can
be easily set in order to tackle them. The
problems are more with transmission than
generation, and we equally need to secure the
power infrastructure round the country. We will
address all these issues,” the President assured.
Speaking earlier, Ambassador Igali told the
President that power generation in Nigeria which
was 1,750 MW in 1999, has improved at 4,600
MW.
He added that gas was available to take
generation to 5,500 MW in a short time, but that
the country needed to expand its electricity
infrastructure to accommodate additional power
generation.