Power cuts: Nigerian DisCos apologise to Nigerians
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Punch
Nigeria’s electricity distribution companies apologise after weeks of prolonged power cuts. Sunday Oduntan, director general of ANED, denounces a return to blame-trading between sector operators, as between 2016 and 2019, according to Channels Television.
Nigeria’s electricity distribution companies (DisCos) apologise to Nigerians for the prolonged power cuts of recent weeks. Sunday Oduntan, director general of the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), made the apology on Monday on Channels Television, according to Punch.
He denounces a return to the "blame game" between operators, as between 2016 and 2019: distributors, the transmission network operator TCN, generation companies (GenCos) and gas suppliers accuse one another. He is also concerned by the contradictory statements of the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) and the national oil company NNPC. NISO attributes the shortages in part to low water levels and insufficient gas, while NNPC states that gas is available.
Oduntan calls NNPC’s remarks "half-truths" and asks it to specify whether unpaid debts are hampering gas supplies to power plants. He calls on the Minister of Electricity to bring together the stakeholders concerned to establish the real causes of the shortages. These apologies follow those presented on 9 November by the Nigerian Minister of Energy.
