Due to rising energy prices, Nigeria’s peak electricity generation fell to 4,998.20 MW on October 6, 2024, from 5234.70 MW last Tuesday.

The National Control Center’s most recent system performance data supports this.

This indicates a 236.5 MW decline in Nigeria’s power output.

The announcement follows the August 2024 celebration of 5,105 megawatts of peak electricity generation by Adebayo Adelabu, the Minister of Power.

According to him, twenty hours of uninterrupted power supply are enjoyed by forty percent of Nigerians who use electricity.

Nonetheless, Adelabu was criticised by Nigerian electrical users who struggle with a sufficient supply of power.

Nigeria, a country of 25 million people, nevertheless struggles to produce between 4990 and 5000 megawatts of electricity due to decades of privatisation and high energy prices.

Recall that the cost of power was increased by Nigeria’s energy distribution firms to N209.5 per kilowatt-hour.

This follows the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission’s April 3, 2024, approval of a 240 percent increase in electricity rates.

Adelabu said that Nigeria has the lowest electricity rates in all of Africa in spite of this.