The Minister of information and Culture Lai Mohammed has told Nigerians to expect 11,000 MegaWatts of electricity to be generated in Nigeria by 2023.
Lai Mohammed revealed this during a press conference in Abuja on Friday, revealing that the FG has made an agreement with a German firm Siemens for the course.
According to him, the German firm will be growing the present 3,400 megawatts average electricity generation in the nation to 7,000MW by the end of next year, then to 11,000 by the end of 2023 (phase 2) and 25,000 in the third phase. Read also: Buhari’s 2015 Victory Saved Nigeria From Total Collapse – Presidency
“Following an agreement with German company Siemens in July 2019 to boost power supply in Nigeria, the stage is set for the perennial power problem to become a thing of the past. Under the three-phase agreement, Nigerians will enjoy 7,000 megawatts of reliable power supply by the end of 2021 (phase 1), 11,000 megawatts by the end of 2023 (phase 2) and 25,000 megawatts in the third phase. To put things in perspective, Nigeria’s current power generation capacity is more than 13,000 megawatts, but only an average of 3,400 megawatts reliably reach consumers. In essence, the current amount of power that reaches consumers will more than double by the end of next year. In addition, this will create thousands of jobs and will leapfrog the country into the next level of industrial and social development“, he said.
Lai Mohammed promises Nigerians 11,000MW electricity by 2023
