The federal government granted 36 licences for the extraction of coal from the vast deposits in the country, with an estimated 10,000 megawatts (MW) electricity generation capacity, however the licences have yet to improve the national power grid, Daily Trust investigation has shown.
Nigeria may also miss a target for coal to contribute four percent to the national grid electricity by 2020 as no coal is used in the present energy mix, despite setting the target since 2015.
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