The Transmission Company of Nigeria said Nigeria generated 5,801 megawatts of electricity as of Tuesday, the highest ever in the country with an estimated population of over 200 million.
However, consumers have countered TCN, citing widespread darkness in the country.
DAILY POST reports that at the State House on Thursday, the Managing Director of TCN, Sule Abdulaziz, announced that the country recorded an unprecedented generation peak of 5,801.84mw.
He said: “for the first time in our nation’s history, the power sector recorded a new and unprecedented peak generation of 5,801.84 megawatts of electricity on March 4, 2025, at 21:15 hours ”
Abdulaziz said the state-owned TCN successfully transmitted all the generated electricity.
He added that the company targets 10,000 megawatts of transmission capacity to Nigerians in less than two years.
However, he did not clearly establish how this target can be achieved.
In February 2025, available average generation capacity stood at 5,432mw, according to data from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission.
Amid the celebrated 5,801mw electricity generation in the country, the majority of Nigerians have continued to grapple with inadequate power in the heat period.
Reacting, Executive Director of
The Electricity Consumer Protection Advocacy, Chief Princewill Okorie, said that TCN is celebrating failure and inefficiency in the country’s power sector.
According to him, it is shameful to celebrate 5,801.84 in electricity generation capacity at a time when the majority of Nigerians grapple with darkness.
“They are celebrating failure. TCN is celebrating when more Nigerians are in darkness.
“A generation capacity of 5,801.84 for over 200 million people is not shameful? It is not worth celebrating.
“It is the consumers that celebrate, if at all, there is improved power supply, not the operators. In my view, TCN is celebrating inefficiency,” he told DAILY POST.
Also, the President of the Nigeria Consumer Protection Network, Kunle Olubiyo, noted that while the electricity generation feat is laudable, it must translate to tangible progress with end-user customers, which is not the case at the moment.
“This must have value and translate to tangible progress with the end users/customers for this to have tangible value and meaning, but this hasn’t been the case.
“FG investments have been huge post-privatisation of the power sector, yet no value,” he stated.
Nigeria hits highest electricity peak of 5,801.84mw as citizens lament widespread darkness
