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BREAKING: Total Blackout In Nigeria As Power Plants, National Grid Break Down, See Affected Plants
Total Blackout In Nigeria As Power Plants, National Grid Break Down.
OnyxNews Nigeria understands that due to power outages/shortages caused by a breakdown of nine National Integrated Power Plants (NIPPs) supplying electricity to the national grid, many parts of the country have been thrown in darkness.
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The affected plants are Sapele, Afam, Olorunsogo, Omotosho, Ibom, Egbin, Alaoji and Ihovbor while Jebba Plant is currently down for annual maintenance.
Also, seven other integrated power plants namely Geregu, Sapele, Omotosho, Gbarain, Omoku, Paras and Alaoji are experiencing gas constraints while the Shiroro plant has water management problems.
The Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman in a statement signed by his media aide, Mr Aaron Artimas on Thursday, said the development has drastically affected power generation, thus affecting supply to the national grid.
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