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Abuja – The Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, has reassured Nigerians that the recent electricity supply challenges affecting parts of the country have been fully resolved, with power restored to many previously affected areas.
Speaking on a TVC television programme on Monday, Tegbe said the disruptions experienced in the last few days had been fixed following the completion of planned maintenance and repairs.
“Number one, we’ve sorted out this little challenge we had in the last few days. It was painful for most of you. But look, we fixed it. And we will ensure that that stability remains. My focus is to ensure grid stability,” the minister stated.
He specifically confirmed restoration of supply in key parts of Lagos, noting that electricity had returned to areas including Ajah, Lekki, Ikoyi, Magodo and Ikeja as of Sunday night. Tegbe said he made personal calls to verify the situation and had received confirmation from residents.
“I’m sure in Lagos, I confirm as at last night because I made personal calls, Ajah, Lekki, Ikoyi, Magodo, Ikeja, lights are back. And people have attested to it, people have sent me messages. Nigerians, again, I appeal to you, just bear with us, we’ll get there,” he said.
In a separate update posted on his Facebook page, the minister reported that power had been restored to many areas earlier affected by disruptions in Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Kwara and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). He added that teams were continuing work to fully restore supply to remaining locations.
Tegbe also disclosed that the vandalised Benin-Egbin 330kV transmission line had been swiftly repaired and returned to service. The restoration helped increase power supply to the Lagos Complex to over 1,000 megawatts, effectively returning it to the level recorded before the disruption.
The recent outages had been attributed to planned maintenance at Egbin Power Station — Nigeria’s largest thermal power plant, which accounts for about 16 per cent of electricity on the national grid — combined with gas supply constraints to some thermal stations and sabotage of critical transmission infrastructure. Grid operators had implemented load shedding in affected areas to manage the shortfall.
While affirming that the immediate challenge had been resolved, Tegbe struck a note of realism about the broader state of the power sector. He projected that Nigerians could begin to experience more stable electricity supply within the next three to five years, emphasising the need for expanded generation capacity, strengthened transmission infrastructure and greater private-sector investment.
He expressed empathy for the hardships faced by households and businesses, particularly remote workers and enterprises dependent on consistent power, and reiterated the Federal Government’s full commitment under President Bola Tinubu to fixing the sector’s longstanding problems.
The minister said the government was collaborating with generation companies, the system operator, the Transmission Company of Nigeria and distribution companies to sustain and further improve electricity availability.
Tegbe’s latest assurances come amid ongoing efforts to stabilise the national grid and address structural challenges in Nigeria’s power sector, including liquidity issues, gas supply constraints and infrastructure vandalism.
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