Nigeria needs over 100, 000 megawatts of power to address the persistent power problem in the country, former Minister of Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji, has said
Nnaji,who disclosed this in Enugu on Friday,attributed the mess in the country’s power sector to the supply value chain, adding that Nigeria had challenges in generation, transmission and distribution of power.
He said all these had made it difficult to make adequate power supply available to the users.
He added “Nigeria is a country of more than 200 million people and needs more than 100,000 megawatts of power and infrastructures”
He spoke on his Geometric Power Limited and the ongoing strides in the power sector,saying it has Nnaji the capacity to provide power in Aba within six months.
“We are installing meters to bridge the disagreement gap between customers and suppliers of electricity.I support unbundling of power sector where states will be allowed to own and manage their own power supply,” he said.
The company has invested heavily in power distribution in Aba to strengthen distribution,he added.