Olushola Omogbehin
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has apologised to Nigerians over power outage that has rocked the country since February 2026 and put Nigerians in darkness.
Acknowledging the pain the situation has placed on households and economic sectors in the country, Adelabu promises improvements in matter of weeks.
Revealing this in a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, the minister admitted that the ongoing blackout has worsened living conditions, particularly during the intense dry-season heat
“I want to apologise to Nigerians, officially now, coming from me as the Minister of Power, for this temporary issue that is leading to hardship being experienced, especially during this dry season, where there is so much heat everywhere.
“Businesses are being affected, schools have been affected, and industries have been affected. It is not our wish to find ourselves in this situation, but it is due to some factors that are actually beyond our control,” he explained.
Assuring Nigerians on restoration, he said the situation would soon improve in about two weeks.
“I can tell you, with the committee that we have set up, and commitments from gas suppliers, and the timeline for repair of the gas pipelines, two weeks from now, we should start seeing improvements in supply. Two weeks,” Adelabu said.
He also said authorities already have projections for the completion of critical repairs, including those involving facilities operated by Seplat Energy, which are expected to restore gas supply to electricity-generating plants.
“We already have a committee that is working on this to track compliance with the domestic supply obligations of these gas companies to our power plants and are going working on it 24/7 to make sure that we go back to the trajectory of 2025, when Nigerians commended us for a good job well done,” he said.
In order to boost power supply, he said the Federal Government has concluded plan to increase electricity output to 6,000 megawatts before the end of 2026.
“Power generation will improve, transmission will improve, distribution will improve, and that 6,000 megawatts will be achieved before the end of this year, and Nigerians will be better for it,” he assured.
