


Nigeria: NGO's report exposes the negative community impacts of … - Nigeria: 'Coal reserves can generate 53,900MW by 2030'
Coal utilization in Nigeria could be traced to the nineteenth century, its first discovery was not until around 1909. Nigerian coals, which are mainly found in four major deposits, are low rank, (that is, mainly lignite and sub-bituminous) and are of cretacious or early tertiary age. Production of coal in Nigeria started soon after its discovery.Experts have said Nigeria needs nothing less than 30, 000MW per day to cater for its teeming population- approximately 200 million currently. A recent report had chronicled how the country lost a whopping 44, 068MW power generation in 2020n due to unavailability of gas, transmission bottlenecks, and distribution constraints.
