Mr Mike Uzoigwe, Chief Executive Officer, Egbin Hydro Power Plant, says the plant’s power generation capacity of 700 mega watts will be increased to 1,000 mega watts within seven days.
Uzoigwe told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday that the four units of the plant were altogether generating 700 mega watts of electricity.
He said that a fifth power generating unit would commence generation by next week to shore-up power generation to 1,000 mega watts.
He said that the plant experienced total breakdown last week, adding that two of the generating units were undergoing maintenance.
``Total collapse of our system last week caused the drop in power generation, but we are making efforts to stabilise and generate power at our peak,’’ he said.
An official of the Ministry of Power, who preferred anonymity, however, said that the drop in electricity supply across the country was due to shortage of gas supply to power plants nationwide.
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