Nigeria, Dec. 15 -- The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring the full operation of the 52-megawatt Maiduguri Emergency Power Project (MEPP) by 2025.

This assurance was given during an inspection visit on Saturday, December 14, 2024, by Ekperipe Ekpo, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas). The minister was accompanied by Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC, and Olalekan Ogunleye, the Executive Vice President for Gas, Power & New Energy.

In an update shared via NNPC's official X (formerly Twitter) account, the company highlighted that the project's first phase, a 32MW Simple Cycle system, is already completed and operational. The remaining 18MW Combined Cy...