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Power Generation Falls To 43mw Due To Strike – Buhari's Govt

How Strike Crashed Power Generation To 43mw – Buhari’s Govt

August 22, 2022 3:40 am
Data received from the Federal Ministry of Power on Sunday indicated that the last one-day strike employees of the Transmission Company of Nigeria embarked over the nonpayment of benefits forced Nigeria’s energy production to plummet from a high of 4,829.5 megawatts to as low as 43MW.
Africa Daily News, New York recalls that the country’s electrical grid was shut down last Wednesday by electricity company employees working under the National Union of Electricity Employees, leaving companies and other power users in the complete darkness
They had embarked on a strike in opposition to a requirement for senior managers to attend
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Total Blackout Threat As Nigerian Electricity Workers Threaten Strike

Total Blackout Threat As Nigerian Electricity Workers Threaten Strike

August 16, 2022 5:35 pm

Nigerians are in trouble again as the Nigerian electricity supply crisis will be worsening from tomorrow (Wednesday) as the organised labour in the country has openly instructed all the workers in the power sector to down their tools and commence on an indefinite strike action over the pending labour issues with the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).

The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE ) had made this announcement on Tuesday when they had converged on the headquarters of the TCN in Abuja.

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grid Nigeria's Power Grid Has Collapsed 108 Times Since Privatisation

Nigeria’s Power Grid Has Collapsed 108 Times Since Privatisation

June 30, 2020 12:15 pm

The nation’s electricity grid has collapsed 108 times after the power sector was privatised, data from the Transmission Company of Nigeria have shown.

The TCN, which manages the national grid, is still fully owned and operated by the government.

While the TCN says the grid has a wheeling capacity of 8,100MW, the highest power generation ever attained in the country stands at 5,375MW.

The sector was privatised by the President Goodluck Jonathan administration with 11 electricity distribution companies and six generation companies handed over to core investors on November 1, 2013.

Read Also: Only 57 Percent Of Nigerians Have Access

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