Power outages remain despite rise in generation, ministerial promise

By Udeme Akpan, Ediri Ejoh, Obas Esiedesa & Cynthia AloNigeria’s electricity generation rose to 4,020.41 megawatts (MW) on Monday from 3,500MW, but the increase has yet to translate into adequate supply for consumers across the country.This comes as the promise last Thursday by the Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, to restore normalcy in power supply within 72 hours expired two days ago.