Report: Nigeria’s 13,000MW’ll Give Only 632 Citizens Healthy Living
July 24,2022
A report by the Nigerian Association for Energy Economics has disclosed that the total installed power generation capacity of about 13,000 megawatts in Nigeria can only give a healthy life to 632.4 people out of the over 200 million citizens across the country.
Although Nigeria has an installed power generation capacity of about 13,000MW, it, however, generates far less than that figure daily
Industry figures obtained from the Federal Ministry of Power on Friday, for instance, showed that power generation on the national grid that day (Friday) was 3,945.8MW, a far cry from the 13,000MW installed capacity.
This also implies that the number of persons to enjoy health living in Nigeria with this quantum (3,945.8MW) of electricity generation is far lower than the 632.4 figure captured in the NAEE’s report.
The NAEE, an affiliate of the International Association for Energy Economics, disclosed that findings showed that about 75 giga-joules/year, which translates to 20.55MW, was the quantum of electricity required to have a healthy life
In the report, which was presented by the President, NAEE, Prof. Yinka Omorogbe, at the just concluded 15th NAEE/IAEE Conference at the Petroleum Technology Development headquarters in Abuja, it was stated that while Americans used four times as much energy needed for healthy living, Nigerians hardly received energy.
The report read in part, “Americans use four times as much energy as needed to have a good and healthy life. The magic number is 75 giga-joules a year (20.55MW/20,555.556kwh). Americans use 284 giga-joules a year
