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NDPHC recovers over $10m legacy debts, secures $15m insurance claims for Alaoji plant fire
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From Isaac Anumihe, Abuja
The Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) says that it has recovered over $10 million in legacy debts from bilateral customers.
The company has also secured $15 million in insurance claims for the Alaoji plant fire incident, advanced engagements with the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on recovering NDPHC’s investments in Transmission Company of Nigeria’s (TCN’s) transmission expansion projects, and resolved longstanding commercial issues with ACCUGAS, leading to an amendment of the gas supply agreement, which reduces government exposure.
The company, which gave its scorecard for the one-year tenure of its Managing Director (MD), Engineer Jennifer Adighije, also said that, to strengthen accountability and staff welfare, the management of NDPHC has introduced a procurement benchmarking desk for streamlining procurement practices, computer-based testing (CBT) for enhanced staff performance management, and a management support allowance to cushion the impacts of fuel subsidy removal.
In a statement, Adighije confirmed that in the last one year the company has recovered six previously dormant gas turbines across the NDPHC fleet. These include GT4 at the Calabar NIPP, GT1 at Omotosho II, GT1 and GT2 at Benin (Ihovbor) NIPP, GT4 at Sapele NIPP, and currently GT3 and GT4 at Alaoji NIPP on standby for pre-commissioning after gas supply remedial works. These restored units, she said, collectively add 875 MW of mechanical available generation capacity, providing a significant boost to national power generation.
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The MD further announced the commencement of restoration works on the 225 MW Gbarain NIPP plant, which has been out of service since 2020, describing it as a major step toward recovering dormant national power in a bid to commercialise the plant’s output to serve critical commercial and industrial clusters within the Niger Delta region.
Despite persistent sector-wide challenges, NDPHC has recorded several operational and financial milestones. These include:
– Recovery of 110 containers with critical turbine parts and HRSG components abandoned at Onne Port for over nine years;
– Commencement of the Light Up Nigeria – Agbara industrial cluster project to connect the Agbara Industrial Estate to the grid and a 10 MW embedded solar project for an industrial area in Kano;
– Completion of key transmission and distribution projects in Borno and Delta states, as well as the completion of the Afam–Ikot Ekpene 330 kV double-circuit transmission line.
Adighije reaffirmed NDPHC’s commitment to restoring dormant capacity, stabilising operations, and supporting Nigeria’s goal of a more reliable and sustainable power supply value chain.
She said NDPHC’s management remains committed to transparency, accountability, and constructive engagement with stakeholders in its quest to unlock universal access to electricity for powering businesses and households across the country.
