The Federal Government of Nigeria, has apologized to Nigerians over power outage experienced in some parts of the country.
Minister of Power, Sale Mamman made the apology in a statement on Thursday.
He said the problem was caused by breakdown of some National Integrated power plants, supplying electricity to the National grid.
He explained that the problems will be fixed in no time and power restored in the affected areas.
“I sincerely regret the recent Power outages across the Nation and the difficulties it has brought with it, and wish to assure my Fellow Nigerians that everyone involved is working assiduously to restore the National grid to its previous historical levels and exceed that, he said.
“The problem is caused by the breakdown of some National Integrated Power Plants supplying electricity to the national grid. The plants are namely, Sapele, Afam, Olonrunsogo, Omotosho, Ibom, Egbin, Alaoji and Ihovbor. The Jebba Power Plant was shut down for annual maintenance,” Mamman added.
