The modest gains recorded in the power sector over the past three months are being threatened by the activities of pipelines vandals, which have led to the fall in electricity generation by 356.8 megawatts within the last three weeks.
Power generation climbed to an all-time high of 4,810.7MW on August 25 this year, but latest figures from the Presidential Task Force on Power showed that it had fallen to 4,453.9MW as of September 16.
The Federal Ministry of Power, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission and some key agencies in the sector had attributed the brief rise in power generation to the non-interruption of oil and gas pipelines.
Findings showed that power generation had peaked at 4,655.2MW on September 9, but this was not sustained due to vandalism of electricity and oil infrastructure, as it fell to 4,453.9MW seven days later.
Officials of the NNPCÂ said that the activities of the vandals had direct impact on not just the oil and gas industry, but also on the power sector. They described the recent deadly acts as alarming and noted that they might rubbish the gains recorded in the oil, gas and power sector.
