Following the resolution made at the end of the 60th National Economic Council (NEC) meeting presided by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday, the Federal Government is targeting generation and distribution of 5,000 megawatts of electricity by December.
Four state governors including Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Willie Obiano (Anambra), Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara) and Mohammed Badero (Jigawa) briefed State House correspondents at the end of the meeting.
The Jigawa State governor, who said that the council was briefed on developments in the power sector, said that it was informed that there is overall increase in power supply by 29% as at the first 6-weeks of the new Administration, compared to the last weeks of the previous administration.
According to him, power generation reached 4.662MW by July 29, 2015, as the administration targets 5,000MW by December.
He said that the Council has urged State Governments to ensure payments of electricity bills by their vendors MDA, stressing that the Council was informed that at the moment there is a 45% default rate.
The governors, he said, were also urged to assist with the provision of security to reduce vandalization of power distribution assets.
He said that they were also urged to encourage embedded generation for State-owned facilities.
According to him, the TCN management contract has been extended for another one year.
He said that the Council was also informed that some of the next top priorities for the next two months in the power sector included repair of stranded hydro capacity, reduce load rejection by Discos, stop haemorrhage of gas from power plants to industrial off-takers and fix major transmission and transformation constraints.
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