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Why Nigeria Exports Power To Niger,Togo And Benin – FG Reveals

Paschal Obi-Chikero by Paschal Obi-Chikero
July 29, 2020
in Nigerian News
Why Nigeria Exports Power To Niger,Togo And Benin - FG Reveals

Adequate Power supply has not been easy for Nigerian government to provide for Nigerians . The Presidency has responded to Punch’s publication on power.

NAIJA NEWS NG reports that the Federal Government through Garba Shehu has said in a statement that the reason Nigeria exports Power to Niger, Togo and Benin is so they don’t dam the River Niger that Nigeria generates power from.

He said PUNCH Newspaper’s report was incorrect and revealed the real amount Niger , Togo and Benin owe Nigeria .

“As of today, Niger owes only USD 16 million and Benin, USD 4 million, adding up to the Naira equivalent of about N1.2bn.” Shehu said.

The statement read;

“STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE

PUNCH’S INACCURATE REPORTING ON THE SALE OF POWER TO NEIGHBORING NATIONS NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED

It is most disappointing that sensationalism has dominated the thinking and ethos of institutions that citizens look up to with trust, confidence and reliability. Monday edition of the Punch checks all the boxes in terms of an abject failure to honour these time-tested traditions with its news piece: “NIGERIA EXPORTS USD81.48bn ELECTRICITY ON CREDIT AS COUNTRY’S BLACKOUT PERSISTS,” is, to say the least, hyperbolic and terribly misleading.

Apart from the fact that the figure quoted is far from accurate, out-dated and therefore not reflective of the current reality, the overall cost of power generated and sold by Nigeria in the period covered by the report is not anywhere close to what was mentioned by the paper.

The actual cost of electricity generated within the said timeframe (2018-2019) by all the electricity generation companies in Nigeria was about N1.2 trillion ($4 billion).

Over 90% of the electricity generated was distributed and consumed by consumers across the 11 electricity distribution companies in the country.

Power exported to Niger, Benin and Togo based on Multilateral Energy Sales Agreement with the Government of Nigeria is on the basis that they would not dam the waters that feed our major power plants in Kainji, Shiroro and Jebba.

As of the last review in 2019, the amount of indebtedness to all three customers stood at $69 million, subsequent upon which several payments were made to NBET. Much of this has been repaid by the debtor nations.

As of today, Niger owes only USD 16 million and Benin, USD 4 million, adding up to the Naira equivalent of about N1.2bn.

The essence of said bilateral agreements, by which we give them power and they do not build dams on the River Niger means that Nigeria and her brotherly neighbours had avoided the unfolding situation of the Nile River between the sovereign states of Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt.

In the future, we advise the newspaper to seek clarity from the market operator which is the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN. This process of fact-checking only improves your standing in the public arena.”

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I am Paschal Ogechi Obi-Chikero . I have written and published three books, I wrote Festus Keyamo's biography- Lion In Isolation. I have been a Reality TV show Producer/Creator, Copywriter, Actor, and Film Script Writer.

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