Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, has said that parts of Lagos within the supply range where fire razed power transmission facility would experience cut in electricity supply by 20 per cent.
The minister said that overall sector performance was weakened by old and obsolete infrastructure which often result in frequent break downs and blackouts.
Receiving the Senate Committee on Power on oversight assignment, Prof. Nebo said, “For instance, only yesterday we had a report that a 34-year-old sub-station located in Ikeja Disco had been gutted by fire, which would result in 20 per cent power-cut in the area.
“At Egbin, I also got a report of failure due to non-maintenance of infrastructure. All these have contributed to the present low capacity to generate and distribute power.”
He said that just as it is the practice in Nigeria, there are abandoned projects in the sector, especially in the now resuscitated Rural Electrification Programme and Distribution networks.
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