The Federal Government has announced plans to generate and distribute at least 8,000 megawatts of electricity by the end of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s first term in office in 2027. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, revealed this on Thursday during the sixth edition of the 2025 Ministerial Press Briefing Series in Abuja.

Adelabu said the target is realistic, noting that the power sector has already record. According to him, the average daily power generated and distributed in the last quarter of 2025 was 5,700MW, up from 4,100MW in the third quarter of 2023.

He stated that this indicated a growth of 1,600 megawatts, nearly 40 per cent, since he assumed office as Minister of Power. He traced the history of Nigeria’s power generation, noting that it took the country nearly 40 years — from 1984 to around 2022 — to grow from 2,000MW to 4,000MW.

Meanwhile, the Minister stated that the current administration has added 1,700MW within a year and a half, reaching a peak of 5,800MW in just over a year. Adelabu attributed the progress to Tinubu’s strong backing and stated that if the current trajectory is maintained, the 8,000MW target by 2027 is achievable.