TEN years into the partial privatisation of the power sector, operators of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry, NESI, have called for unity among the various segments of the value chain to improve power supply across the country. Speaking at the Bi-annual joint generation, operations and DisCos planning meeting in Abuja, they admitted that the sector can only grow when the various segments work in sync. Speaking at the meeting the Managing Director of the Abuja…

The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has insisted that there is no going back on the construction of concrete roads saying President Bola Tinubu has approved that it should be enforced. He, however, urged road construction companies nationwide to learn from the ingenuity of Sermatech Nigeria Limited. Sermatech is an indigenous road construction company currently handling a 28.6-kilometre stretch from Odukpani to Itu in the ongoing dualisation of the Odukpani/Itu/Ikot-Ekpene Road which cuts across Cross River…

The national grid collapsed again on Tuesday, September 19, 2023, with power generation dropping from a peak of 3,594.60 megawatts (MW)  to  42.7MW at midday. This is as the minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, on Tuesday, vowed, on behalf of the federal government, to achieve 20,000 megawatts of power generation in the next three years. Only the Delta Power plant was active on the grid at noon, with 41MW, while Afam had 1.7MW. At 11:32…

The Minister of the newly created Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has said the Lagos seaports are in dilapidation and called for urgent rehabilitation of the facilities. Speaking in Lagos while on a tour of the Lagos Ports, Oyetola said that the government will engage the terminal operators to see how the rehabilitation of the ports can be funded. The Minister also said that he would engage the Minister of Works on rehabilitating the…