DisCos urge Minister Tegbe to resolve electricity blame game

Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) have called on the Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, to intervene in the blame game among stakeholders in the electricity sector, as the country faces persistent electricity shortages. Sunday Oduntan, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), made this appeal during an appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.

He criticized the conflicting explanations from the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) regarding gas supply constraints. Oduntan noted that disagreements among operators over the causes of poor electricity supply were reminiscent of the issues faced between 2016 and 2019.

He questioned NNPC's assertion that there were no constraints affecting gas deliveries to power plants and urged the Minister to convene stakeholders to clarify the actual causes of the shortages. Oduntan also apologized to Nigerians for the ongoing outages, which have caused significant hardship.