NIGERIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS EXPOSES GOVERNMENT’S FUTILE EFFORTS ON ELECTRICITY
The NBS in a report submitted to a parastatal shows how the battle against poor electricity is lost
The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics has shown the Nigerian government futile effort in combating epileptic power supply in the country. The NBS reveal the failure in a document on Power Sector Data Preview, a research report presented to the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and industry on Friday.
In the report, it was revealed that 48.6 percent of power generation and supply are from generators. This indicates that almost half of the Nigerian household self provide for thier electricity.
The NBS document showed that petrol-powered generators accounted for the bulk (22.6 per cent) of the electricity supplied by generators.
This was followed by diesel-powered generators, 16.6 percent, while gas-powered generators accounted for 9.4 percent of the self-generated electricity.
The bureau also revealed that out of 51.2 per cent of electricity provided by the country’s power grid, gas-powered plants accounted for 39.5 per cent, while hydroelectric plants were providing 11.7 per cent.
Off-grid renewables, according to the NBS, accounted for 0.1 per cent of the power consumed nationwide.
This sad revelations highlights the fact that all governments expenditure to better the wobble state of electricity in the country is merely a heap of wasted investments
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