Oluwafunbi Bello 
Managing Director, NDPHC, Jennifer Adighije
ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s power grid receives a 450-megawatt boost following the successful completion of maintenance work at the Geregu National Integrated Power Project (NIPP) in Kogi State.
The Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) confirms that the four-week maintenance exercise, handled by Siemens Energy, improves plant reliability and extends operational lifespan.
NDPHC Managing Director, Jennifer Adighije, says the company has revived six previously dormant gas turbines over the past 12 months, restoring critical generation capacity to the national grid. “These recovered units collectively add about 875MW to our available mechanical capacity,” Adighije says.
She identifies the revitalised turbines at Calabar, Omotosho II, Benin, Sapele and Alaoji power plants, with additional units at Alaoji awaiting pre-commissioning after gas supply remediation.
Adighije also announces progress to restart the 225MW Gbarain NIPP in Bayelsa State, which has been offline since 2020. “This is a major step towards commercialising dormant national assets to power industrial and commercial clusters in the Niger Delta,” she adds.
Beyond generation recovery, NDPHC retrieves 110 containers of critical turbine components abandoned at Onne Port for nearly a decade and secures over $25 million through customer payments and insurance claims.
The company also launches the Light Up Nigeria – Agbara Industrial Cluster initiative, alongside a 10MW solar project in Kano and new transmission works in Borno and Delta states.
Adighije says the reforms align with national efforts to stabilise the electricity value chain and deliver more reliable power to homes and industries.
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