Some Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of government in Nigeria will spend an estimated N22 billion on generator maintenance in 2023, a PREMIUM TIMES analysis has shown.
The N22 billion will be spent on maintenance and fueling generators due to Nigeria’s unstable power supply.
The amount is spread across over 200 MDAs and is expected to be higher because many agencies did not indicate their generator expenses in the 2023 budget proposal.
Some of the institutions whose budgetary expenditures on generators were not listed in the government’s budget document include the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Nigeria Customs Service, and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), among others.
Nigeria has struggled with poor power supply for decades, often caused by generation and transmission problems. In 2022 alone, the country’s national grid collapsed eight times. To ease their operations, private…
