The Nigerian government on Tuesday counted its costs in terms of multiple losses suffered in massive disruption to gas and electricity supplies in the wake of last weekend's attacks on the Nigerian Gas Company's gas pipeline by suspected Niger Delta militants.
Government said the attack on the Escravos Lagos Pipeline System (ELPS) connected to Chevron Nigeria Limited's gas network at Escravos negatively impacted on the 600 mega watts (MW) Olorunsogo National Integrated Power Plant and other critical power projects in the region.
The immediate impact of the sabotage on the gas facility, Federal Ministry of Power sources said, has been the disruption in the sale and supply of 160
