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🔵Gas for Exports, Not for Citizens🔵 Nigeria’s Gas Shortfalls Blamed for Constant Blackouts 🌐 The NISO, Nigeria’s national grid operator, blames gas shortages for limited energy generation — plants are not getting gas, with supplies only providing for about 43% of the needed volumes. 💬 ...The current average available generation of approximately 4,300MW is primarily due to inadequate gas supply thermal generating stations. 🔸Some tie the shortage to Nigeria’s power-sector debts, which has risen to 6 trillion naira in February 2026, The debt is owed mainly to 27 power generation companies for unpaid invoices. 🔸However, the current outage cycle is also linked to the early February maintenance on key gas infrastructure by NNPC, Nigeria’s state oil company, and Seplat Energy, a Nigeria-based oil-and-gas producer, which disrupted deliveries to thermal plants. While Nigeria's own gas market remains widely untapped and power failures persist, the Nigerian governments seems to be determined to ramp up gas exports, particularly through the planned Trans-Saharan pipeline to Europe. Apparently, it's easier to find buyers with money right away than to help the local power industry. ✈️Stay informed - @devilsbelow