Nigeria Records Four Months of Grid Stability, Hits 5,801MW Peak Without Collapse – Adelabu

• The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, announced that Nigeria has recorded four months of uninterrupted national grid stability in 2025.

• He said power generation reached a peak of 5,801.63 megawatts without a collapse, contrasting past failures when the grid would crash after hitting 5,000 megawatts.Rewritten News Story:

Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has revealed that the country has not experienced any national grid collapse in the first four months of 2025.

Speaking during the sixth Ministerial Press Briefing in Abuja on Thursday, Adelabu attributed the improvement to recent power sector reforms and increased generation capacity.

“In the last four months, Nigeria has not experienced grid disturbances. Unlike in the past when the grid collapsed upon reaching 5,000 megawatts, the grid reached the highest energy of 5,801.63 megawatts as the latest feat and did not experience collapse,” he said.

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The Minister further disclosed that the April 4, 2024 tariff increase for Band A electricity customers significantly boosted power sector revenue by 70 percent and reduced the tariff shortfall by N700 billion.

Also speaking at the briefing, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, emphasized that President Bola Tinubu’s administration prioritizes stable electricity as a foundation for Nigeria’s industrial development.