Fashola said most of the challenges inhibiting power generation had tackled. The minister noted that January to March 2017 was a challenging period characterized by insufficient gas supply and disruptions in the systems in the Niger Delta.
The minister also noted that in 2016, only one turbine was running because there was no gas supply to Geregu 1 owned by Amperion and Geregu 2 being managed by the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC).
But, according to him, the three turbines are now running because there is gas.
“The new problem is that the turbines are being managed not to run in full capacity because there is no enough demand at the distribution end to take all the power. What we now have as a country is that our power production has reached an all time high at over 7,000 MW. This is not where we were in January. It means our policies and programmes are working,” he said.
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