Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, has said the Federal Government is working towards restoring power supply in parts of the country that was affected by the outage.
The Minister stated this on Thursday via his verified Twitter handle while apologised for the power outage experienced by many Nigerians.
Explaining the cause of the power outage, Mamman said the problem was caused by the breakdown of some National Integrated Power Plants supplying electricity to the national grid.
He wrote, “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.
“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.
“Seven other integrated Power plants, namely Geregu, Sepele, Omotosho, Gbarain, Omuku, Paras and Alaoji are experiencing gas constraints while the Shiroro hydroelectric power plant has water management issues.”