{
  "id": 19157748,
  "title": "DisCos ask power minister to address blame game amid nationwide electricity shortages",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/discos-ask-power-minister-to-address-blame-game-amid-nationwide",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-09T13:17:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nairametrics",
    "slug": "nairametrics",
    "url": "https://nairametrics.com/2026/11/09/discos-ask-power-minister-to-address-blame-game-amid-nationwide-electricity-shortages/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) have urged the Minister of Power to step in and put an end to the ongoing blame game among various stakeholders in the electricity sector. The call came as the industry finds itself back in the same pattern of accusations that plagued it between 2016 and 2019. Sunday Oduntan, the Managing Director and CEO of the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), made this appeal during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, amid the ongoing nationwide electricity shortage. Oduntan criticized the conflicting explanations presented by the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) regarding gas supply constraints. He pointed out that the disagreements between operators over the causes of poor electricity supply were obstructing efforts to resolve the crisis. Oduntan reminded that during the previous period of similar accusations, distribution companies, transmission operators, generation companies, and gas suppliers frequently blamed each other for inadequate electricity supply. He also questioned NISO's statement that low water levels and inadequate gas supply were responsible for the recent shortages, and challenged NNPC to clarify if outstanding payments were affecting gas deliveries to power generation companies. Oduntan appealed to the Minister of Power to convene a meeting with the relevant stakeholders to identify the actual causes of the shortages and ensure accountability. He also expressed regret over the prolonged electricity shortages, acknowledging the hardship caused by weeks of inadequate power supply, which has intensified frustration among households and businesses.",
  "summary": "Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) have called on the Minister of Power to intervene in the ongoing blame game among stakeholders in the electricity sector, warning that the industry is slipping back into the pattern that characterised it between 2016 and 2019. The post DisCos ask power minister to address blame game amid nationwide electricity shortages appeared first on Nairametrics .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}