Power generation, which has remained the bane to the growth of Nigeria’s social-economic growth, since actualising self-government has been brought to the fore by a document recently obtained from the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing entitled: “Transmission Expansion Plan.”
The document revealed that Nigeria is expected to increase her export of electricity to Niger and Benin Republics to 1,540 megawatts by 2025 from 387MW in 2020.
The document also revealed that 780MW and 760MW would be exported to Niger and Benin, respectively by 2025.
On hearing news of the plan, Nigerians took to their Twitter handles to criticise the Federal Government and the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola.
Nigerians accused the government of making a nuisance of itself noting that three years into this administration, Nigeria is yet to resolve the issues of 12 hours daily power supply and metering. They demanded stable electricity even if it is just for six uninterrupted hours.
See tweets below:
Please Just give us 6hours of electricity for a day, and stop these lies
— Mukhtar (@mukhtar_fresh) April 3, 2018
We claim it with faith. But you should also know that faith without work is worthless. If we must obtain that as you claim then you should be ready to work harder. Before a nation starts to export any service it must have provided sufficient of such service to her people.
— Diaspora Watch Dog (@Diasporawatchdo) April 3, 2018
Is it by force, we don’t want to export. Just give us stable electricity
— Tolulope Duyilemi (@toludon) April 3, 2018
Wait oh…how can you say Nigeria will export electricity when its not even constant in our country, is that one sense pic.twitter.com/mJrxgTK7rJ
— S.falomo (@sfalomo) April 3, 2018
I remember vision 2010, I hate all this tweet o, we don’t even have sufficient power supply here in Niger and you are talking about exporting, they will not kuku kill me
— Tolulope Duyilemi (@toludon) April 3, 2018
Exporting when you can not met UI up with our demand? This is just a joke
— Bako (@Bako84384538) April 3, 2018
Even Ali baba can not make this kinda joke, give us light in Nigeria and forget about exporting
— Adefisayo Adeniji (@Adefizzy045) April 2, 2018
Lol, U mean 7yrs from now we shld export about1,500MW?
That’s a poor projection!
The total energy generated by citizen using I PASS MY NEBO is over that and can be exported, so why shld a Govt with over N1tr cash injection in d power section alone be projecting 1,540MW in 7yrs?!— Harmony Ihejieto (@harensims) April 3, 2018
Exporting electricity to where??? Hmmm na waooo. You can’t give what you don’t have my brother.
— visinoni Emmanuel (@emxvisinoni) April 3, 2018
Export what you don’t have? Chai!!!!
— Naira4Dollar (@Naira4Dollar) April 3, 2018
when we don’t have enough for our domestic use. Is there any wisdom in that?
— Olukayode Olabanji (@ITVisor) April 3, 2018
God please give us sense in Nigeria. You no get enough and you dey export.
— Sabur Ola’ Ahmed (@ItzDon_ES) April 3, 2018
Maybe he was trying to say import electricity in 2025 or export electricity in 2520
— SaintJohnson (@Oluwajohnson) April 3, 2018
Thunder fire liars, how can u export what u don’t even have, na yam? Nigerians are groaning in darkness and you are making an empty boast?Has anybody ever get impregnated through a wet dream? Park well joor
— Mattoo (@Oschoffa) April 3, 2018
Meanwhile, between 1973 and 2015, peak electricity generation in Nigeria was increased from 385MW to 4,884MW, reflecting an average growth rate of about 6.3 per cent.
