The National Integrated Power Project, NIPP, of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) is expected to contribute up to 4,200 megawatts or 50 percent of the 9,000MW, which would be available to Nigerians by December.
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The Managing Director of NDPHC, Mr. James Olotu, stated this at the weekend, during the commissioning of distribution centres in some parts of Lagos. "By December, out of the expected 9,000MW which will be available, NIPP will be contributing about 4,200MW of that or 50 percent of the entire capacity of power available in Nigeria in December."
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He also said that NDPHC would continuously work to meet the expectations of Nigerians to have uninterrupted power supply in no distant time. "We cannot rest on our oars. The reason is that we have gaps that have been created over the years. The gaps have been so wide and we are just playing catch up.
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We need to catch up quickly and begin to expand.
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Look at South Africa, it has about 48,000 megawatts. Their population is about 38 million.
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The country also has about 8,000 megawatts in reserve. Here in Nigeria, we don't have up to what South Africa has in their reserve and they are continuously building capacity," he said.