President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s reforms in Nigeria’s power sector seem yielding fruits as the country’s power generation has hit a record 5,403.3MW, just as the Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) received 4,379.07MW.
Daily Load Allocation Table released by the National Control Centre (NCC) on Tuesday indicated that the Nigeria’s power sector had recorded a total available generation of 5,403.3MW as of Tuesday, September 22, 2026.
This is according to some players in the industry is due to proactiveness of Joseph Tegbe, Minister of Power and his team in the country’s power sector.
According to the report, out of the total generation, 4,379.07MW was successfully delivered to various Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) across the country.
The figures reveal that Abuja DisCo received the highest load share at 700 MW (15.20% NERC percentage), followed closely by Ikeja DisCo with 581MW (15.01%), Ibadan DisCo with 550MW (11.93%), and Benin DisCo with 531MW (8.04%).
Other distribution companies also received their respective allocations under NERC guidelines, including Eko at 519MW, Enugu at 512MW, Port Harcourt at 466MW, Kano at 161MW, Kaduna at 155MW, Jos at 134MW, and Yola at 70MW.
Meanwhile, a sub-total of 1,024.18MW was categorized under exempted loads, which accounted for power stations and auxiliary consumption (108.07 MW), transmission losses and sub-station services (367.87 MW) and various bilateral and international supplies such as allocations to Niger and local industrial consumers.