Amid Minister’s 150m Nigerians’ Electricity Access Claim, Power Generation Drops By 531 Megawatts In 3 Days

Amid claims by the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu that 150 million Nigerians now have access to reliable power supply, fresh reports have emerged that Nigeria’s electricity generation suffered a decline of 531 megawatts in just 3 days.

The National Grid performance report from Thursday, 17 to 19 April 2025, showed that Nigeria’s peak power generation recorded a steady drop to 4,742.20 megawatts from 5,273.80 megawatts.

The report showed that electricity generation dropped by 531 megawatts in the last three days.

Accordingly, the system performance data indicated that the electricity generation peak stood at 5,273.80 megawatts on Thursday but dropped to 5,131.20 megawatts and 4,742.80 megawatts on Friday and Saturday.

The development comes days after the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, announced that Nigeria hit its highest energy peak of 5,801.63 MW.

On Thursday, Adelabu reiterated that the government is doing everything to avert a collapse of the country’s power sector and plans to partly offset the N4 trillion owed to the electricity generation companies.