NIGERIA ACHIEVES MILESTONE, HITS 6,000 MEGA WATTS POWER GENERATION

he Federal government through the Ministry of Power on Wednesday announced that Nigeria has recorded a series of historic achievements in Nigeria’s power sector, Under the leadership of the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu.

According to a statement issued by Adelabu’s Special Adviser on Strategic Communication, Bolaji Tunji, on Sunday, March 2, 2025, Nigeria achieved a record available power generation of 6,003 megawatts (MW), which he said is the highest in the nation’s history.

He added that this was followed by another landmark within the period when the country recorded a peak generation evacuation of 5,801.84 MW Bolaji Tunji and a daily maximum energy output of 128,370.75 megawatt-hours (MWh).

He added that these achievements represent a significant leap forward in the sector’s capacity to meet

the growing energy demands in the country, ongoing reforms in the power sector and the avowed commitment of the administration of President Bola Tinubu to ensure regular electricity supply in order to galvanise the nation’s economy.

According to Tunji, the landmark recorded signifies that if there was electricity demand from the Distribution companies, then generating companies would have the capacity to increase power generation to over 6000 MW