Nigeria: 'We'll Still Achieve 6000 Megawatt By December'

9 November 2009

Fifty days to the end of the year, the Federal Government has reassured the nation that its target of providing 6,000mega watts of electricity by December this year would still be achieved despite the challenges facing the nation's power projects.

Briefing newsmen yesterday after the National Integrated Power Project (NIPP) Steering Council meeting in Abuja, Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State and the Minister of State for Power, Arch. Nuhu Wya, said although only 2,900 megawatts of electricity is currently being distributed, the nation generates not less than 5,000 mega watts.

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