85 million Nigerians don’t have access to electricity which represents 43 percent of the country’s population
…says vandalism, sabotage of transmission infrastructure, undermining investments in the power sector
Sule Abdulaziz, Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has revealed that the national grid currently possesses far more capacity than the country actually generates.
Abdulaziz, who spoke at the parliamentary/stakeholder engagement summit on ‘Power Sector Reforms in Nigeria’ on Monday, said there was a need to address a common misconception: that transmission is the primary constraint in Nigeria’s electricity sector.
He explained that unlocking Nigeria’s full generation potential requires coordinated investments across the entire value chain, adding that while TCN has expanded transmission capacity to 8,700MW, increased generation dispatch, adequate energy supply to power plants, and stronger distribution networks remain essential to delivering more electricity to consumers.
