Nigeria: Power Supply Drops Despite FG's Denial

21 September 2012

Indications emerged Thursday that the nationwide supply of power which dropped by as much as 1000 megawatts (MW) last week is yet to pick up again despite the Federal Government's vehement denial of such fall.

While the Federal Ministry of Power and Presidential Taskforce on Power (PTFP) have maintained that there was no drop in power generation and distribution across the nation, residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) who spoke to THISDAY explained otherwise, stating that there has been drastic reduction in the amount of electricity hours allocated to them in their various homes.

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